Editing C. Everett Koop (section)

{{short description|American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator (1916–2013)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image               = C. Everett Koop, 1980s.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 1980s
| order               = 13th
| office              = Surgeon General of the United States
| president           = {{plainlist|
* [[Ronald Reagan]]
* [[George H. W. Bush]]
}}
| term_start          = January 21, 1982
| term_end            = October 1, 1989
| predecessor         = [[Julius B. Richmond]]
| successor           = [[Antonia Novello]]
| birth_name          = Charles Everett Koop
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1916|10|14}}
| birth_place         = New York City, U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2013|2|25|1916|10|14}}
| death_place         = [[Hanover, New Hampshire]], U.S.
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse              = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Elizabeth Flanagan|1938|2007|end = died}}
* {{marriage|Cora Hogue<br>|2010}}
}}
| children            = 4
| education           = {{plainlist|
* [[Dartmouth College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|AB]])
* [[Cornell University]] ([[Doctor of Medicine|MD]])
* [[University of Pennsylvania]] ([[Doctor of Science|DSc]])
}}
}}
'''Charles Everett Koop''' (October 14, 1916 – February 25, 2013)<ref name="Bloomberg death"/><ref name="USA Today death"/> was an American [[pediatric surgeon]] and public health administrator who served as the 13th [[surgeon general of the United States]] under President [[Ronald Reagan]] from 1982 to 1989. According to the [[Associated Press]], "Koop was the only surgeon general to become a household name" due to his frequent public presence around the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s.<ref name="Washington Post death">{{cite news|title=Highlights of career of C. Everett Koop, only surgeon general to become a household name|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/highlights-of-career-of-c-everett-koop-only-surgeon-general-to-become-a-household-name/2013/02/25/2a4a9118-7fab-11e2-a671-0307392de8de_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214115103/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/highlights-of-career-of-c-everett-koop-only-surgeon-general-to-become-a-household-name/2013/02/25/2a4a9118-7fab-11e2-a671-0307392de8de_story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 14, 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 25, 2013|access-date=August 25, 2017}}</ref>

Koop was known for his work on [[Tobacco in the United States|tobacco use]], [[HIV/AIDS in the United States|AIDS]], and [[Abortion in the United States|abortion]], and for his support of the [[Disability rights movement|rights of children with disabilities]].