Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop was a rare Washington official: He didn't give a damn about politics and he wasn't afraid to tell the ugly truth about powerful interests.
USA Today, CNN, Reuters and other news outlets reported some of the flood of praise for Koop that followed his death today:
"As one of our country's greatest surgeons general, he effectively promoted health and the prevention of disease, thereby improving millions of lives in our nation and across the globe." - C. Everett Koop Institute
"Dr. Koop did more than take care of his individual patients -- he taught all of us about critical health issues that affect our larger society." - Dartmouth College President Carol L. Folt.
"Dr. Koop was not only a pioneering pediatric surgeon but also one of the most courageous and passionate public health advocates of the past century. He did not back down from deeply rooted health challenges or powerful interests that stood in the way of needed change. Instead, he fought, he educated, and he transformed lives for the better." - Wiley Souba, dean of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College
"He saved countless lives through his leadership in confronting the public health crisis that came to be known as AIDS and standing up to powerful special interests like the tobacco companies." U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.
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