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World War II Honoree

Civilian on the Home Front

Maurice Ralph Hilleman, Ph.D.

Hometown

Miles City, Montana

Honored By

George Weck

Relationship

Friend

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Activity During WWII

AFTER GRADUATING FROM M0NTANA STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1941, HE RECEIVED HIS PH.D. IN MICROBIOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND THEN JOINED E. R. SQUIBB AND SONS. THERE, HE DEVELOPED A VACCINE AGAINST JAPANESE B ENCEPHALITIS TO PROTECT AMERICAN TROOPS IN THE PACIFIC OFFENSIVE.