Medicine Man

Known as "Americas Doctor," the great Dr. C. Everett Koop '37 died at home in Hanover in February at age 96. As U.S. Surgeon General from 1981 to 1989 he forever altered public perception of smoking, calling it "the most important public health issue of our time," and AIDS, which led to trouble with the Reagan White House as Koop promoted sex education and the use of condoms. He was also strongly antiabortion. Outspoken, courageous and staunch, Koop founded the C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth in 1992 and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Bill Clinton in 1995.