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Awards. Calderone Prize (1992) 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 · 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...
Learn about the life and career of C. Everett Koop, a renowned pediatric surgeon and the 14th U.S. Surgeon General. Explore his achievements, challenges, and controversies in public health, from AIDS to abortion, during the 1980s.
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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.
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.
- Asa Tapley, Andrew B. Bindman
- 2013
C. Everett Koop's two terms as U.S. Surgeon General coincided with the rise of the AIDS epidemic in the United States, an epidemic that, scientists and health officials predicted, would turn into the greatest public health catastrophe of the twentieth century.
Feb 25, 2013 · Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop died Monday. He was 96. As surgeon general, Koop turned an office with little power into a mighty platform to educate Americans about AIDS prevention and the ...
