Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall, an oncologist, medical educator and surgical pioneer at Howard University who became the first African American to serve as national president of the American Cancer Society, died Sunday. He was 89.
Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall, an oncologist, medical educator and surgical pioneer at Howard University who became the first African American to serve as national president of the American Cancer Society, died Sunday. He was 89.
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