Biography

Maurice Hilleman

inventor
Born: 1919
Died: 2005

While at Merck, Hilleman pioneered the development of many of the vaccines commonly used today such as MMR, used to combat measles, mumps, and rubella. Millions of lives have been saved through his work.

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