Koop; The Memoirs of America's Family Doctor by Koop, C. Everett, M.D - 1991

New York: Random House, 1991. First Edition. Quarter maroon cloth with blue paper over boards and titling in gilt on spine with initials CEK in gilt on cover. Fine/fine. SIGNED "C Everett Koop" on half title page. 6.18" x 9.18" pp. x 4-342 with 16 pp. of black and white photos. As new book and DJ with no noted deficiencies.<br/> <br/> Charles Everett Koop, MD (Oct 14, 1916 - Feb 25, 2013) was the 13th Surgeon General of the United States under President Ronald Reagan from '82 to '89 and served as a Vice Admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Koop was known for his work to prevent tobacco use, AIDS, and abortion, and for his support of the rights of disabled children. "With neither budget nor line authority, I could do little on my own to implement a plan. But what if I called upon American society itself, the people, to make America smoke-free by the year 2000? With this in mind, I finished penning my 'Smoke-Free Society - 2000' speech and I arranged for ti to be typed and photocopied at the Washington office of the American Lung Association. It would never have survived the smoky clearance process." (p 180).