The President today announced his intention to appoint Samuel Broder to be Director of the National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services. He would succeed Vincent T. DeVita, Jr.
Since 1981 Dr. Broder has been associate director for clinical oncology at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD. Prior to this, he was senior investigator of the metabolism branch at the National Cancer Institute, 1976-1981; investigator of the medicine branch, 1975-1976; and clinical associate of the metabolism branch, 1972-1975.
Dr. Broder graduated from the University of Michigan (B.S., 1966; M.D., 1970). He was born February 24, 1945, in Lodz, Poland. He is married, has two children, and resides in Bethesda, MD.
Ronald Reagan, Appointment of Samuel Broder as Director of the National Cancer Institute Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/253568