C. Everett Koop
Charles Everett Koop 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. According to the Associated Press, "Koop was the only surgeon general to become a household name" due to his frequent public presence around the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s.
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- Born in
- Brooklyn
- Educated at
- Cornell UniversityDartmouth CollegeWeill Cornell MedicinePerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
- Awards
- 🏆 Presidential Medal of Freedom🏆 Leopold Griffuel Prize🏆 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement🏆 Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism🏆 NAS Public Welfare Medal
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1916
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