Lt. Col. Gilberto Escobedo, executive officer, U.S. Army Garrison – Fort Hood, along with mayors and representatives from the Texas communities of Belton, Copperas Cove, Gatesville, Harker Heights, Killeen, Lampasas,
The chief executive, not only in his presidential role but as a grandfather, praised Salk as a "benefactor of mankind" and told the 40-year-old scientist who discovered the life-saving vaccine that his work was the "highest tradition of selfless and dedicated research."