Find her other articles on The Queen Zone here. C. Everett Koop, the Surgeon General under President Ronald Reagan, was a controversial figure from the moment of his nomination. A pioneering ...

An assistant at Koop's Dartmouth College institute, Susan Wills, confirmed his death but didn't disclose its cause. Dr. Richard Carmona, who served as surgeon general a decade ago under President ...

Ronald Reagan’s Surgeon General, Dr. C. Everett Koop, warned against letting prejudice censor medical information. During the early days of the AIDS crisis, he said, “(O)ur first public health ...