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Charles Everett Koop

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    Education

    Koop attended Dartmouth College and Cornell Medical College for his BS and MD degrees, respectively. He then trained at the Pennzylvania Hospital in Phiadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Children's Hospital in Boston.
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    Surgeon-in-Chief at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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  • Koop Publishes "The Right to Live, The Right to Die"

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  • Koop Gains Renown after Siamese Twin Separation

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  • Koop Named Surgeon General by Reagan

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    Surgeon General

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  • Baby Doe Rules Passed

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  • Tobacco Warning Labels Changed

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  • "Understanding AIDS" Sent

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  • Koop Resigns as Surgeon General

    He gave up his position shortly before his term expired so he could become chairman of the National Safe Kids Campaign, his last initiative as surgeon general.
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    Koop Continues to Promote Health by Lecturing and Educating

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    Senior Scholar at Dartmouth

    Dartmouth College, Koop's alma mater, created the C. Everett Koop Institute and had him as a Senior Scholar.

  • Koop Dies at 96

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