The President today announced his intention to appoint William P. Longmire, Jr., to be a member of the President's Cancer Panel for a term expiring February 20, 1991. This is a reappointment.
Since 1984 Dr. Longmire has been professor of surgery emeritus at UCLA Medical Center's department of surgery in Los Angeles, CA. Prior to this he was a professor of surgery at the UCLA Medical Center, 1948-1984.
Dr. Longmire graduated from Johns Hopkins (M.D., 1938). He was born September 14, 1913, in Sapulpa, OK. He served in the United States Air Force, 1952-1954. Dr. Longmire is married, has two children, and resides in Los Angeles, CA.
Ronald Reagan, Appointment of William P. Longmire, Jr., as a Member of the President's Cancer Panel Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/253670