New York University School of Medicine

Portrait of Jonas Edward Salk, MD (1914-1995), developer of the poliomyelitis vaccine. Dr. Salk received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939.

Head and shoulders portrait of E. Brüsgaard. "E. Brüsgaard" signed in ink.

Photograph of Dr. Thomas M. Rivers and Dr. David Bodian watching a monitor backstage during the live telecast on the development of the poliomyelitis vaccine. The photograph was taken on April 12, 1955, during the live telecast informing the American public that the field trial to test the inactivated polio vaccine was successful. The telecast was filmed at Rackham Hall at the University of Michigan. Eli Lilly & Co. funded the hour and a half long broadcast, narrated by Bob Emerick. It was watched by an estimated 54,000 doctors in special screenings in movie theaters and heard by millions of people around the world on the radio.

Dr. Jonas Salk (not pictured), developer of the poliomyelitis vaccine, received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939.

Edward M. Bernecker, MD, giving a public address. Dr. Bernecker served as Commissioner of Hospitals of New York for seven years and later held the role of Administrator of Hospital Services with NYU-Bellevue Medical Center.

Photograph of Dr. Jonas Salk using graphics to report on his research at the live telecast on the development of the poliomyelitis vaccine. The photograph was taken on April 12, 1955, during the live telecast informing the American public that the field trial to test the inactivated polio vaccine was successful. The telecast was filmed at Rackham Hall at the University of Michigan. Eli Lilly & Co. funded the hour and a half long broadcast, narrated by Bob Emerick. It was watched by an estimated 54,000 doctors in special screenings in movie theaters and heard by millions of people around the world on the radio.

Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the poliomyelitis vaccine, received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939.

Photograph of Dr. Thomas M. Rivers and Dr. David Bodian at the start of the live telecast on the development of the poliomyelitis vaccine. Dr. Bodian waits in front of the cameras; Dr. Rivers is seated.

The photograph was taken on April 12, 1955, during the live telecast informing the American public that the field trial to test the inactivated polio vaccine was successful. The telecast was filmed at Rackham Hall at the University of Michigan. Eli Lilly & Co. funded the hour and a half long broadcast, narrated by Bob Emerick. It was watched by an estimated 54,000 doctors in special screenings in movie theaters and heard by millions of people around the world on the radio.

Dr. Jonas Salk (not pictured), developer of the poliomyelitis vaccine, received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939.

Photograph of Stanley Arthur Briller, MD (1922-1997), from p. 47 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Briller received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1947. He taught at the New York University College of Medicine as an Assistant in Medicine (1949-1953), Instructor in Medicine (1953-1955), and John Wyckoff Fellow in Medicine (1953-1955).

Photograph of Mr. Basil O’Connor, head of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (later the March of Dimes), reading Mrs. Hobby’s licensing message during the live telecast on the development of the poliomyelitis vaccine. The woman in the center foreground holds up cue cards for Mr. O’Connor. The names of the manufacturers are printed on the cards in four-inch size lettering.

The photograph was taken on April 12, 1955, during the live telecast informing the American public that the field trial to test the inactivated polio vaccine was successful. The telecast was filmed at Rackham Hall at the University of Michigan. Eli Lilly & Co. funded the hour and a half long broadcast, narrated by Bob Emerick. It was watched by an estimated 54,000 doctors in special screenings in movie theaters and heard by millions of people around the world on the radio.

Dr. Jonas Salk (not pictured), developer of the poliomyelitis vaccine, received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939.

Photograph of Mrs. Helen R. Bayne seated at desk. Mrs. Bayne was the librarian for the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College Library from 1929 to 1955. From 1955 to 1961 she served as the Curator, Archivist, and Research Librarian of the Medical Center of the New York University College of Medicine.

Portrait of Edward M. Bernecker, MD. Dr. Bernecker served as Commissioner of Hospitals of New York for seven years and later held the role of Administrator of Hospital Services with NYU-Bellevue Medical Center.