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University of Pennsylvania (DSc) Charles Everett Koop (October 14, 1916 – February 25, 2013) [1][2] was an American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator who served as the 13th surgeon general of the United States under President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1989.
Feb 26, 2013 · NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. C. Everett Koop has long been regarded as the nation’s doctor— even though it has been nearly a quarter-century since he was surgeon general. Koop, who died Monday at his home in Hanover, N.H., at age 96, was by far the best known and most influential person to carry that title.
Dec 15, 2022 · On October 22, 1986, C. Everett Koop released the Surgeon General's Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Long prevented by the administration from speaking out on the issue, in 1988, he mailed a seven-page version of the original 36-page report, providing a simply worded and clear AIDS information brochure to all 107,000,000 American ...
Feb 26, 2013 · Dr. C. Everett Koop, who was widely regarded as the most influential surgeon general in American history and played a crucial role in changing public attitudes about smoking, died on Monday at...
Mar 1, 2013 · Former US Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, MD, ScD, who died at the age of 96 years, transformed his office into a powerful platform for educating the public and reshaping the national dialogue on major public health challenges, from tobacco use to HIV/AIDS.
Feb 25, 2013 · Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, a pediatric surgeon turned public health advocate, died Monday. He was 96. Koop served as surgeon general from 1982 to 1989, under Presidents...
America's Family Doctor (C. Everett Koop) Dr. Koop stepped down as Surgeon General in 1989, and returned to Dartmouth, his alma mater, where he continued his lifelong mission to educate the public on health issues in his role as Senior Scholar of the Koop Institute.