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.
[1] His research with George Hitchings and Gertrude Elion led to the creation of the leukemia treatment mercaptopurine.
[1][2] 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.
[3] Burchenal died in Hanover, New Hampshire on March 8, 2006.
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