C. Everett Koop

Charles Everett Koop, MD (born October 14, 1916) is an American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator. He was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and served as thirteenth Surgeon General of the United States under President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1989. Koop was born in Brooklyn, New York. His father John Everett Koop (1883–1972) and his mother Helen (née Apel) Koop (1894–1970) were both German immigrant... More

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  • Oct 14, 1916 (age 95 years)

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  • Dr. C. Everett Koop
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  • Jan 21, 1982
  • Oct 1, 1989

United States Surgeon General

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