Joseph Holland Burchenal (December 21, 1912 – March 8, 2006) was an American oncologist, and a winner of the 1972 Albert Lasker Award for Medical Research for his work on developing a chemotherapy for Burkitt's lymphoma.Staff, ASCO. February 24, 2014 Oncology Luminaries: Dr. Joseph Burchenal (1912-2006) His research with George Hitchings and Gertrude Elion led to the creation of the leukemia treatment mercaptopurine.Katherine Bouton for the New York Times. January 29, 1989 The Nobel Pair He worked at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and was a member of the presidential panel that initiated the U.S. federal government's war on cancer. Burchenal died in Hanover, New Hampshire on March 8, 2006. He was 93 years old.Jeremy Pearce for the New York Times. March 16, 2006 Dr. Joseph H. Burchenal, 93, Who Devised Cancer-Drug Therapy, Dies
See also Elizabeth Burchenal, authority on American folk dance
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