Editing C. Everett Koop (section)

==Early life and education==
Koop was born in [[Brooklyn]], New York, the only child of John Everett Koop (1883–1972), a banker and descendant of 17th-century Dutch settlers, and Helen (née Apel) Koop (1894–1970).<ref name="NYT death forceful">{{cite news|last=Noble|first=Holcomb B.|date=February 25, 2013|title=C. Everett Koop, Forceful Surgeon General, Dies at 96|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/26/us/c-everett-koop-forceful-surgeon-general-dies-at-96.html}}</ref> He attended and graduated from Flatbush School.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/qq/feature/biographical-overview | title=Biographical Overview | date=March 12, 2019 }}</ref> In 1937, he earned his Bachelor of Arts in zoology degree from [[Dartmouth College]],<ref name="VTDigger-Valley News"/> where he was given the nickname "Chick" (occasionally used for his first name, Charles, but here an allusion to a [[chicken coop]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/QQ/B/B/D/N/ |title=&#91;C. Everett Koop with President Ronald Reagan&#93; &#91;1980s&#93; |publisher=US National Institutes of Health |date=June 25, 2003 }}</ref> His interest in medicine followed a year in the hospital after a childhood skiing accident and [[brain hemorrhage]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/medicine-obituaries/10039099/C-Everett-Koop.html|title=Obituaries:C Everett Koop|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=5 May 2013|access-date=7 May 2013}}</ref> He earned his [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]] degree from [[Weill Cornell Medical College|Cornell Medical College]] in 1941 and [[Doctor of Science]] degree in medicine from the [[Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania|University of Pennsylvania]] in 1947.<ref name="Dartmouth School of Medicine bio"/>