Joseph H. Burchenal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJoseph H. Burchenal
American oncologist
Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1912
Place of Birth: Milford, Delaware, United States
Date of Death: 08-Mar-2006
Profession: oncologist
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Joseph H. Burchenal
- 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.
- His research with George Hitchings and Gertrude Elion led to the creation of the leukemia treatment mercaptopurine.
- 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.
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