C. Everett Koop at his confirmation hearing in 1981. Democrats fiercely opposed his nomination as surgeon general. (Diana Walker/Getty Images) Review by Paul Alexander In early 1981, newly elected ...

Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, a pediatric surgeon turned public health advocate, died Monday. He was 96. He was outspoken on controversial public health issues and did much to raise ...

A frequent statement of mine is, "We need public health leadership that cares enough, knows enough, is willing to do enough, and will be persistent." Surgeon General C. Everett Koop was just such ...

News about C. Everett Koop, ... Serving from 1990 to 2006, the four retired officials discussed how they were muzzled for giving medical advice that was unpopular — though time proved them right.

Koop received his medical degree at Cornell Medical College, choosing pediatric surgery because so few surgeons practiced it. In 1938, he married Elizabeth Flanagan, the daughter of a Connecticut ...

C. Everett Koop, the former surgeon general who brought frank talk about AIDS into U.S. homes, has died at his home in Hanover, N.H., officials at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth said ...

C. Everett Koop, who as surgeon general during the Reagan administration won the admiration of conservatives for his views on abortion, the admiration of liberals for his views on AIDS, and the ...

(CNN) -- Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop has died, Dartmouth College said Monday. He was 96. Koop served as surgeon general from 1982 to 1989, under then-Presidents Ronald Reagan and ...

So, at the urging of a friend, Sen. Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania, Reagan selected a pediatric surgeon with a funny-sounding name, C. Everett Koop, who was known less for his groundbreaking ...

Koop is survived by his wife, three children and eight grandchildren Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, a pediatric surgeon turned public health advocate, died Monday. He was 96. Koop ...

News about C. Everett Koop, ... Serving from 1990 to 2006, the four retired officials discussed how they were muzzled for giving medical advice that was unpopular — though time proved them right.