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The collection documents Koop's career as a leading pediatric surgeon during the 1950s-1970s, his activities as Surgeon General from 1981-1989 and the many public health issues with which he was concerned, and some of his post-Surgeon General's career as a health advocate.
C. Everett Koop, M.D. (1916–2013). United States Surgeon General, 1982–1989
Nov 10, 1982 · The United States Surgeon General, Dr. C. Everett Koop, said today that video games might be hazardous to the health of young people, who, he said, are becoming addicted to the machines ''body and ...
By the time Koop got the job, the position was kind of a glorified health educator. But Koop ran with it. One of his early steps involved the admiral’s uniform that is bestowed to the surgeon general but that Koop’s predecessors had worn only on ceremonial occasions.
Charles Everett Koop (born 1916), US Surgeon General, with the US flag. Koop served as Surgeon General from 1982 to 1989, but for most of his career was a paediatric surgeon (1946 to 1981). Koop helped to establish what at the time was an emerging speciality.
Feb 25, 2013 · HANOVER, N.H.—Former Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop, MD, a pioneer in the field of pediatric surgery, a leader in the fight to create a smoke-free nation, and founder of the C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine, died peacefully in his home in Hanover, N.H. on Monday, February 25, 2013. He ...
Feb 25, 2013 · C. Everett Koop, known as America's Family Doctor during his tenure as surgeon general from 1981 to 1989, died today at his home in Hanover, N.H., Dartmouth announced. He was 96.
