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Sharing the $35,066 award are John F. Enders, associate professor of Bacteriology and Immunology at the Medical School; Dr. Thomas H. Weller, Richard Pearson Strong Professor of Tropical Health at the School of Public Health; and Dr. Frederick C. Robbins, a former associate of Enders and Weller, who is now at western Reserve Medical School in Cleveland...
Before their discovery, Dr. Weller explained, polio virus had never been grown on non-nervous tissues, and all research had to be done on monkeys, an expensive procedure. Under the new virus-growth method, however, "one test tube culture has replaced one monkey," and mass production of polio vaccine is now feasible, Dr. Wells said...
Both Enders and Dr. Weller have talked with Dr. Jonas Salk at various times during their work on the poliovirus, and both are members of the group that will evaluate the results of this year's Salk vaccine tests...
Asked to describe the day in 1943 when he and his two colleagues discovered that their new method worked Dr. Weller said that their elation was strongly tempered with doubt. "You try something, you think it works, but it looks like something revolutionary, so you distrust your results and try it again and again," he said...
...sophomore backfield stars, quarterback Chris Hasiotis and fullback Frank Weller helped immeasurably in the Adams win. Hasiotis connected with end Joe Stern on a 40-yard touchdown pass for the final score of the game. Linebacker Pete Stern set up at least two of the Gold Coasters' touchdowns by interceptions...