U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt was the world's most recognized victim of the disease and founded the organization, the March of Dimes Foundation, that would fund the development of a vaccine.
U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt was the world's most famous victim of the disease (though his disability was largely hidden and few photographs show him in a wheelchair). Roosevelt founded the organization, the March of Dimes Foundation, that would fund the development of a vaccine.