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Directed by Donald Rayne Mitchell and co-produced by Gloria Lewis, HILLEMAN – A Perilous Quest to Save the World’s Children, tells the inspiring story of Dr. Maurice R. Hilleman, a man with a singular, unwavering focus — to eliminate the diseases of children.
19 nov 2021 · Hilleman: A Perilous Quest To Save The World's Children. The greatest scientist of the 20th century, and no one knows his name. This documentary tells the inspiring story of Dr. Maurice Hilleman, a man with a singular, unwavering focus: to eliminate the diseases of children.
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Maurice Ralph Hilleman was born August 30, 1919, in Miles City, Montana. Maurice’s twin sister and mother died soon after his birth. His mother’s dying wish was to have his sister buried in her arms and to have Maurice raised by his aunt and uncle, Bob and Edith. They lived nearby and had no children. Living near his siblings and biological father,...
Maurice graduated from high school in 1937, and was awarded a scholarship to Montana State College (now Montana State University). He majored in chemistry and microbiology and graduated in 1941 at the top of his class. He furthered his education at the University of Chicago where he studied chlamydia, a common sexually transmitted disease. In the e...
Upon completion of his PhD in 1944, Dr. Hilleman started working at a company called E.R. Squibb & Sons where he developed his first vaccine. The vaccine protected against Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus: the most common cause of encephalitis in the world. Infection with JE virus can lead to swelling of the brain and death. The vaccine was used to...
Dr. Hilleman retired from Merck in 1984 at the age of 65 as this was the retirement age mandated by company rules. In the years after his retirement, he continued to contribute to science as a consultant and mentor to those still working to stop infectious diseases from harming or killing people around the world. For example, during this time, Dr. ...
20 lug 2017 · Now through exclusive interviews with Dr. Hilleman and his peers, rare archival footage, and 3-D animation, this new documentary puts a human face to vaccine science, revealing the character that drove this bold, complex, and heroic man.
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18 giu 2016 · This documentary tells the inspiring story of Dr. Maurice Hilleman, a man with a singular, unwavering focus: to eliminate the diseases of children. From his poverty-stricken youth on the plains of Montana, he came to prevent pandemic flu, invent the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, and develop ...
29 ago 2019 · To celebrate his birth, the Vaccine Makers Project, the classroom-based program of the Vaccine Education Center (VEC), is offering free viewing of the complete version of the award-winning documentary, Hilleman: A Perilous Quest to Save the World’s Children, on Aug. 30.
