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Maurice Ralph Hilleman (August 30, 1919 – April 11, 2005) was a leading American microbiologist who specialized in vaccinology and developed over 40 vaccines, an unparalleled record of productivity. According to one estimate, his vaccines save nearly eight million lives each year.
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Aug 27, 2016 · Maurice R. Hilleman was born in 1919 in Miles City, Montana, United States, but tragically his mother died 2 days after his birth. Hilleman was raised by his uncle while his father struggled to cope with raising his eight children under harsh circumstances on their family farm.
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Maurice Hilleman was born in Montana in 1919. He grew up on his uncle’s farm during the Great Depression, due to losing his mother and twin sister at birth. Armed with a bachelor’s degree in microbiology and chemistry, he attended the University of Chicago on a fellowship.
May 6, 2013 · The name Maurice Hilleman may not ring a bell. But today 95 percent of American children receive the M.M.R. — the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella that Dr. Hilleman invented, starting with ...
May 29, 2020 · This virologist saved millions of children—and stopped a pandemic. In 1957 a flu pandemic hit the U.S., but Maurice Hilleman was ready with a vaccine he mass produced in only months. In April ...
Maurice Hilleman, PhD’44, was born in 1919 near Miles City, Montana, during the deadliest influenza pandemic in history. When the next global influenza pandemic arrived, Hilleman was in the position to save thousands of lives, thanks in part to his Montana roots.
Hilleman has produced a mind-boggling number of fundamental breakthroughs. He is the inventor of more than 40 vaccines, including those that prevent measles, mumps, rubella, Haemophilus influenzae ...
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