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Education, Medical

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

C. Everett Koop Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 489
Abstract

Dr. C. Everett Koop was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) in February 1981, and sworn in as Surgeon General on November 17, 1981. The collection documents Koop's career as a leading pediatric surgeon during the 1950s-1970s, his activities as Surgeon General from 1981-1989 and the many public health issues with which he was concerned, and some of his post-Surgeon General's career as a health advocate.

Dates: 1933-2011
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

Warren Palmer Dearing Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 278
Abstract

Correspondence, documents, reports, and printed matter. Papers on a variety of subjects relating to public health, health education, medical administration, federal health legislation, and civil defense.

Dates: 1943-1971
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections