Szilard's Legacy
Szilard Becomes a Salk Institute Fellow
Szilard helped found the Salk Institute of Biological Studies. In fact, Jonas Salk’s connection to Szilard was instrumental in Salk’s decision to found the Institute in La Jolla. On April 1, 1962, Szilard became a resident fellow of the Institute. He remained in this position until he died of a heart attack on May 30, 1964.
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Szilard's Legacy
Szilard’s commitment to peace has been widely acknowledged, not least in the numerous awards he received. Among them are the following
Szilard’s commitment to peace lasted beyond his death on May 20, 1964. The American Physical Society bestows the Leo Szilard Lectureship Award “to recognize outstanding accomplishments by physicists in promoting the use of physics for the benefit of society in such areas as the environment, arms control, and science policy.” UCSD’s Department of Bioengineering in the Jacobs School of Engineering recently created the Leo and Trude Szilard Chancellor’s Endowed Chair to honor the Szilards for their contributions.
Council for a Livable World
