Since its establishment in 1937, the National Cancer Institute has had 17 directors.
Name | Entered Office | Departed Office |
---|---|---|
W. Kimryn Rathmell | December 18, 2023 | January 20, 2025 |
Monica M. Bertagnolli | October 3, 2022 | November 9, 2023 |
Norman E. Sharpless | October 17, 2017 | April 30, 2022 |
Harold E. Varmus | July 12, 2010 | March 31, 2015 |
John E. Niederhuber | September 15, 2006 | July 12, 2010 |
Andrew C. von Eschenbach | January 22, 2002 | June 10, 2006 |
Richard D. Klausner | August 1, 1995 | September 30, 2001 |
Samuel Broder | December 22, 1988 | April 1, 1995 |
Vincent T. DeVita, Jr. | July 9, 1980 | September 1, 1988 |
Arthur Canfield Upton | July 29, 1977 | December 31, 1980 |
Frank Joseph Rauscher, Jr. | May 5, 1972 | November 1, 1976 |
Carl Gwin Baker | July 13, 1970 | May 5, 1972 |
Kenneth Millo Endicott | July 1, 1960 | November 10, 1969 |
John Roderick Heller | May 15, 1948 | July 1, 1960 |
Leonard Andrew Scheele | July 1, 1947 | April 6, 1948 |
Roscoe Roy Spencer | August 1, 1943 | July 1, 1947 |
Carl Voegtlin | January 13, 1938 | July 31, 1943 |