Alumni and Friends of Saucon Valley / Hellertown High School
Saucon Valley Alumni Association
Dr. Frank J. Rauscher, Jr.
Class of 1949
Cancer Research
2015 Inductee Dr. Frank J. Rauscher, Jr., Class of 1949
- DISCOVERY OF A VIRUS-INDUCED LEUKEMIA OF MICE WHICH PERMITTED NEW STUDIES ON CHEMOTHERAPY, AND BIOCHEMISTRY
- HEADED SPECIAL VIRUS LEUKEMIA PROGRAM
- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR FOR CANCER ETIOLOGY
- 1965 NATION’S 10 OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN BY THE JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
- LUCY WORTHAM JAMES AWARD FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN CANCER FROM JAMES EWING SOCIETY
- BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH
- VICE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD SOCIETY FOR COMPARATIVE LEUKEMIA RESEARCH
- DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE CHOSEN BY PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON
- SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH AT AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
- EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THERMAL INSULATION MANUFACTURER’S ASSOCIATION WHERE HE DIRECTED RESEARCH ON NONCARCINOGENIC THERMAL INSULATION MATERIALS TO REPLACE ASBESTOS