{"id":16897,"date":"2012-08-14T10:20:33","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T14:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=16897"},"modified":"2012-10-04T16:14:18","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T20:14:18","slug":"the-albert-b-sabin-digitization-project-a-celebration-of-dr-sabins-achievements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2012\/08\/the-albert-b-sabin-digitization-project-a-celebration-of-dr-sabins-achievements\/","title":{"rendered":"The Albert B. Sabin Digitization Project: A Celebration of the Achievements of Dr. Sabin"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Richard Jason Sookoor, Sabin Student Assistant<\/em><\/p>\n

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Brigadier General J. Johnson is seen here presenting the Legion of Merit to Dr. Sabin.<\/p><\/div>\n

The month of August is notable here at the Winkler Center, particularly for the Hauck Center for the Albert B. Sabin Archives. August 26th happens to be Dr. Sabin\u2019s birthday, which gives us good reason to celebrate. To commemorate his birthday, we\u2019d like to present the awards and honors he\u2019s received in a small blog series throughout the month of August. Dr. Sabin has accumulated well over one hundred different awards and while we\u2019d like to acknowledge all of them, we will focus on his most outstanding achievements.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the best starting point would be to begin with Dr. Sabin\u2019s first documented award, the Theobold Smith Award. This was given to medical scientists under 35 years of age who made substantial contributions to Medical Science. The award was highly regarded within the scientific community and carried a prize of $1000 (a little over $15,000 today).[1] Dr. Sabin received the Award in 1939 for his work and paper, \u201cConstitutional Barriers to Involvement of the Nervous System by Certain Viruses.\u201d[2]<\/p>\n

In 1945, Dr. Sabin was recommended for the Legion of Merit for his service in the US Army in connection with the investigation and control of Sandfly Fever, Dengue, and Japanese B Encephalitis.[3] This award was presented to Dr. Sabin by the Surgeon General, pictured above.[4]<\/p>\n

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Warm Springs Polio Hall of Fame. Dr. Sabin\u2019s bust is the eighth figure from the left.<\/p><\/div>\n

Over the next few years, received recognition seemed relatively quiet. Dr. Sabin carried on his work in viruses and expanded to cancer research. His next major honor would be an award presented by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis for his work on the polio vaccine. This award had an unusual prize, a bust of Dr. Sabin made of bronze was unveiled (along with sixteen other notable figures) at the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation.[5] This collection was dubbed the Polio Hall of Fame and is still on display at the now renamed \u201cRoosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation.\u201d<\/p>\n

A noteworthy honor came the following year from Dr. Sabin\u2019s alma mater. In 1959, Dr. Sabin was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from New York University.[6] To his amusement, Dr. Sabin realized that although he received both a Bachelor of Science and Medical Degree from New York University, this would be the first commencement exercise he actually attended.[7] While this may have been the first honorary degree Dr. Sabin received, it certainly wouldn\u2019t be the last. Over the next three decades, he was awarded honorary degrees in various fields from many local and international Universities. Although many of these degrees tended to be Doctors of Science or pertained to Medicine in some form, some colleges honored him a bit more liberally. For example, Hebrew Union College awarded him a Degree in Doctor of Humane Letters (1960).[8] University of Cincinnati\u2019s very own College of Conservatory Medicine honored Dr. Sabin with a degree in Doctor of Humanities (1960).[9] A short list of various honorary degrees is provided at the end of post.<\/p>\n

Dr. Sabin ties with his heritage also led to much praise and accolades from the Jewish community. In the span of three years, 1960-1963, Dr. Sabin was honored and awarded at various events and by various Jewish institutions and organizations. Of particular note, he was given the Medallion of Valor three times from the State of Israel, once in 1960 [10], again in 1961[11], and finally in 1963.[12] In 1962 [13] and 1963 [14], Dr. Sabin received awards from the Hadassah, a Jewish-American women\u2019s organization dedicated to the medicine, welfare, and peace.<\/p>\n

This first installment is a small fraction of the awards and honors Dr. Sabin had received. Next week, we\u2019ll continue the blog series with a look at some of the recognition Dr. Sabin received later on in life.<\/p>\n

List of Honorary Degrees<\/strong> [15]
\nDoctor of Science, New York University, 1959
\nDoctor of Humane Letters, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, OH, 1960
\nDoctor of Humanities, College Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, OH, 1960
\nHonorary Degree, Bowling Green State University, OH, 1961
\nDoctor of Science, Ohio State University, 1961
\nDoctor of Science, Temple University, 1961
\nDoctor of Science, Miami University, OH, 1963
\nDoctorate, Medical Academy, Bialystok, Poland, 1967
\nMatricola d’Onore, University of Pavia, Italy, 1967
\nHonorary Degree, Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1969
\nHonorary Degree, George Washington University, 1974
\nDoctor Honoris Causa, Federal University of Creara, Brazil, 1977
\nHonoris Causa, Sao Paulo University, Brazil, 1979
\nCarioca Honorario, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1980
\nDoutor Honoris Causa, University of Londrina, Brazil, 1982
\nHonorary Degree, Winthrop College, 1986
\nHonorary Degree, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 1988<\/p>\n

References<\/strong>
\n[1] Letter from Sam Woodley to Dr. Sabin, dated September 19, 1939. Found in Series 11 \u2014 Professional and Personal Engagements, Sub-series \u2014 Awards and Honors, Box 1, Folder 0.5 \u2014 Theobald Smith Award, 1939-1940.
\n[2] American Association for the Advancement of Science. Accessed 14 August 2012. http:\/\/archives.aaas.org\/people.php?p_id=640.
\n[3] Letter from S. Bayne-Jones to Dr. Sabin, dated October 2, 1945. Found in Series 11 \u2014 Professional and Personal Engagements, Sub-series \u2014 Awards and Honors, Box 1, Folder 2 \u2014 Legion of Merit, U.S. Army, 1941.
\n[4] Award of Legion of Merit – 1945. Found in Series 11 \u2014 Professional and Personal Engagements, Sub-series \u2014 Awards and Honors, Box 1, Folder 2 \u2014 Legion of Merit, U.S. Army, 1941.
\n[5] Letter from Basil O\u2019Connor to Dr. Sabin, dated November 27, 1957. Found in Series 11 \u2014 Professional and Personal Engagements, Sub-series \u2014 Awards and Honors, Box 1, Folder 4 \u2014 Polio Hall of Fame, Georgia Warm Springs Foundation [NFIP], 1957-1958.
\n[6] Letter from Mr. Carroll V. Newsom to Dr. Sabin, dated March 24, 1959. Found in Series 11 \u2014 Professional and Personal Engagements, Sub-series \u2014 Awards and Honors, Box 1, Folder 5 \u2014 Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science, New York University, 1959.
\n[7] Letter from Dr. Sabin to Mr. Carroll V. Newsom, dated March 27, 1959. Found in Series 11 \u2014 Professional and Personal Engagements, Sub-series \u2014 Awards and Honors, Box 1, Folder 5 \u2014 Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science, New York University, 1959.
\n[8] Letter from Nelson Gluck to Dr. Sabin, dated January 14, 1960. Found in Series 11 \u2014 Professional and Personal Engagements, Sub-series \u2014 Awards and Honors, Box 1, Folder 10 \u2014 Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, OH, 1960.
\n[9] Letter from Thomas Hogan, Jr. to Dr. Sabin, dated April 26, 1960. Found in Series 11 \u2014 Professional and Personal Engagements, Sub-series \u2014 Awards and Honors, Box 1, Folder 11 \u2014 Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humanities, College Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, OH, 1960.
\n[10] Letter from Israel Stiefel to Dr. Sabin, dated October 15, 1959. Found in Series 11 \u2014 Professional and Personal Engagements, Sub-series \u2014 Awards and Honors, Box 1, Folder 12 \u2014 Medallion of Valor of the State of Israel, Philadelphia, 1960.
\n[11] Letter from Edmund G. Brown to Dr. Sabin, dated October 9, 1961. Found in Series 11 \u2014 Professional and Personal Engagements, Sub-series \u2014 Awards and Honors, Box 1, Folder 25 \u2014 Medallion of Valor of the State of Israel, Beverly Hills, 1961.
\n[12] Found in Series 11 \u2014 Professional and Personal Engagements, Sub-series \u2014 Awards and Honors, Box 2, Folder 1 \u2014 American Friends of Hebrew University, Dinner and Medallion of Valor of the State of Israel, Los Angeles, 1963.
\n[13] Found in Series 11 \u2014 Professional and Personal Engagements, Sub-series \u2014 Awards and Honors, Box 1, Folder 29 \u2014 Hadassah Award, Response, 1962.
\n[14] Found in Series 11 \u2014 Professional and Personal Engagements, Sub-series \u2014 Awards and Honors, Box 2, Folder 7 \u2014 Henrietta Szold Award, Hadassah, 1963.
\n[15] Found in Series 11 \u2014 Professional and Personal Engagements, Sub-series \u2014 Awards and Honors, Boxes 1, 2 and 3.<\/p>\n

In 2010, the University of Cincinnati Libraries received a $314,258 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to digitize the correspondence and photographs of Dr. Albert B. Sabin. This digitization project has been designated a NEH \u201cWe the People\u201d project, an initiative to encourage and strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture through the support of projects that explore significant events and themes in our nation\u2019s history and culture and that advance knowledge of the principles that define America. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this blog do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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