Posted on 02/25/2013 3:11:01 PM PST by Zakeet
Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop died peacefully at his home on Monday, Dartmouth College said. He was 96.
Koop served as surgeon general from 1982 to 1989, under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
He was outspoken on public health issues and did much to elevate the office of the surgeon general.
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He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Dartmouth College, Weill Cornell Medical College and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Koop was the author of more than 200 articles and books. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995 and was known for wearing bow ties, suspenders and a clipped beard.
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Koop was a strong role model for those who live in faith but work in science. He held strong beliefs, but didn’t let his emotions hold sway when the data couldn’t back up a hypothesis—which made him all the more credible. The Todd Akins of the world could learn a thing or two from Koop about advancing moral positions without sounding like an ignoramus.
I often joke that all Surgeon Generals should assume the identity of C. Everett Koop—like the Mask of Zorro.
Good God! you aren’t Tim V are you? My friend Tim from Philly told me Koop was actually his pediatrician and saved his life, when we were doing the BI on him.
Nope not me...I am just one of many.
Life alert couldn’t save him this time.
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