WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) congratulates Janet Davis Rowley, M.D., of University of Chicago, a pioneer in demonstrating that cancer is a genetic disease, for being awarded the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. President Barack Obama will award the Medals of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to Rowley and 15 others at a ceremony Aug. 12, 2009.
