- Paul Wehrle
Paul Francis Wehrle (
18 December 1921 –11 May 2004 ) was a researcher and physician who helped develop of methods to prevent and treatpolio andsmallpox .He graduated from the
University of Arizona and received hisM.D. degree fromTulane in 1947. He then became acting chairman of the Microbiology Department of theState University of New York 'sUpstate Medical Center atSyracuse, New York .As a
pediatrician he took part in trials of the Salk poliovaccine in the 1950s.From 1961 to 1988 he was chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the
University of Southern California Medical School.From 1969 to 1970 he was part of the
World Health Organization 's campaign to eradicate smallpox. He performed vaccinations, presented lectures and did research into the disease.Wehrle was an advisor to the
Surgeon General on immunizations.External links
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/24/health/24WEHR.html New York Times obituary]
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