July 15, 1988
The President today announced his intention to redesignate Armand Hammer to be Chairman of the President's Cancer Panel for a term of 1 year.
Dr. Hammer is currently chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Occidental Petroleum Corp. in Los Angeles, CA.
Dr. Hammer graduated from Columbia University (B.S., 1919; M.D., 1921). He served in the United States Medical Corps from 1918 to 1919. He was born May 21, 1898, in New York City. He is married, has one child, and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.
Ronald Reagan, Designation of Armand Hammer To Be Chairman of the President's Cancer Panel Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/254181