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- Birth nameEdwin Dennis Kilbourne
- Edwin D. Kilbourne was born on July 10, 1920 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was married to Joy Schmid. He died on February 21, 2011 in Branford, Connecticut, USA.
- SpouseJoy Schmid(1953 - February 21, 2011) (his death, 4 children)
- Virologist who developed a way to manufacture yearly batches of an influenza vaccine. Acting on Kilbourne's belief that an influenza epidemic was imminent in the wake of a death of a Fort Dix soldier from influenza in 1976, then-President Gerald Ford ordered that 200 million Americans be vaccinated.
- He was a member of the New York Medical College from 1992 until his retirement in 2002.
- He was honored in 1983 by the New York Academy of Medicine with it's highest scientific award.
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