History
Founded in 1972, Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth was designated as a Clinical Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute in 1978 and as a Comprehensive Cancer Center in 1980. It is one of just 40 Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the United States.
The Center is named for Norris Cotton, who served New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1954 and in the U.S. Senate from 1954 to 1975. As a senator, Norris Cotton secured $3 million in federal funding for the Cancer Center’s establishment.
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