Albert Sabin

Albert Sabin
Born	Albert Saperstein (1906-08-26)August 26, 1906 Białystok, Russian Empire
Died	March 3, 1993(1993-03-03) (aged 86) Washington, D.C., United States
Cause of death	Heart Failure
Citizenship	Poland, United States
Alma mater	New York University
Known for	oral polio vaccine
Awards	see article
Scientific career
Fields	immunology, virology

Albert Bruce Sabin (August 26, 1906 – March 3, 1993) was a Polish-born American medical researcher best known for having developed an oral polio vaccine. He received many awards and honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Early life

Sabin was born Albert Saperstein on August 26, 1906 in Białystok, Russian Empire (now Poland). He was of Jewish descent. He was raised in New York City, New York and in Paterson, New Jersey. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1930 and changed his last name to Sabin. Sabin studied at Paterson High School and at New York University.

Marriages

He was married to Sylvia Tregillus from 1935 until her death in 1966. Then he was married to Jane Warner from 1967 until they divorced in 1971. Then he was married to Heloisa Dunshee de Abranches from 1972 until his death in 1993. He had two daughters with Tregillus.

Death

Sabin died on March 3, 1993 in his home in Washington, D.C. from heart failure, aged 86. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

Honors

• Election to the Polio Hall of Fame, which was dedicated in Warm Springs, Georgia, on January 2, 1958.
• National Medal of Science (1970)
• Presidential Medal of Freedom (1986)
• In 1999, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center named its new education and conference center for Sabin.
• On March 6, 2006, the US Postal Service issued an 87¢ postage stamp carrying his image, in its Distinguished Americans series.
• In early 2010, Sabin was proposed by the Ohio Historical Society as a finalist in a statewide vote for inclusion in Statuary Hall at the United States Capitol.
• In 2012, Albert Sabin was named a "Great Ohioan" by the Capitol Square Foundation.

Other websites

• Dr. Albert Sabin's Discovery of the Oral Polio Vaccine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• Obituary, NY Times, March 4, 1993
• Sabin Vaccine Institute
• Hauck Center for the Albert B. Sabin Archives, University of Cincinnati
• The Albert B. Sabin Digitization Project Blog, University of Cincinnati
• The Albert B. Sabin Archives Digital Collection, University of Cincinnati
• The Finding Aid for the Albert B. Sabin Papers, University of Cincinnati