Gu is not an academician. Why did he get the title of "People's Scientist"?

Mr. Gu devoted his life to polio research, polio vaccine development and polio control. He has made outstanding historical contributions to the development of public health in China, and is known as "the father of polio vaccine in China".

Gu, male, 1926, from Ningbo, Zhejiang. Studying in the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Peking University 1944- 1950. During the period, he secretly joined the * * * production party and took part in revolutionary work. 1951-1955 studied at the institute of virology of the Soviet academy of medical sciences and obtained an associate doctorate in virology; 1958165438+10 has worked in Peking Union Medical College of China Academy of Medical Sciences since October.

Mr. Gu is a famous physician and virologist in China. He is the former president of Peking Union Medical College of China Academy of Medical Sciences. He died in Beijing on June 2, 65438 at the age of 92. 1987 was elected as an academician of the Royal College of Internal Medicine, 1989 as an academician of the European Academy of Science, Arts and Literature, and 1992 as an academician of the Third World Academy of Sciences.

He lost his father in his early years, and his mother went to Hangzhou to study midwifery in order to support a group of children. Later, she got married, moved to Tianjin with her children and became a midwife. Gu Lao said: "It is my mother's wish to study medicine. Mother always said that if someone asks a doctor for treatment, don't ask someone else. " He grew up in the war years of national peril and witnessed people suffering from illness and even death because of poor working environment and medical conditions. As a warm-blooded man, he can't study quietly alone. After graduating from college, he gave up being a doctor and turned to virology research to devote himself to public health. He believes that being a doctor can save many people and engage in public health, but it can benefit millions of people.