File - In this March 7, 1963, file photo, Dr. Maurice Hilleman, Director of virus and cell biology research, Merck Institute of Therapeutic research at West Point, checks the growth of a virus in roller tube tissue culture in Pennsylvania. Montana State University is celebrating what would have been the 100th birthday of the scientist credited with saving millions of lives through the development of vaccines against measles, mumps and other diseases. Maurice Hilleman was born in Miles City in 1919, graduated from MSU in 1941 and died in 2005. The first Hilleman scholars are set to graduate from MSU this year. (AP Photo/file)
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