In 1957, Salk conceived of a collaborative place where scientists could explore the basic principles of life and realize the broader implications of their discoveries for the benefit of our world.
Jonas Salk's legacy continues today through the Institute that bears his name.
The Salk Institute was established in 1960 by Jonas Salk, MD, developer of the first safe and effective polio vaccine.
Salk selected world-renowned architect Louis I.
Kahn to design the research facility he envisioned would contribute to the betterment of humankind.
Though he did not arrive at his distinctive style until his early 50s, and despite his death at the age of just 73, in a span of just two decades Kahn came to be considered by many as part of the pantheon of modernist architects which included Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe.