Title:

Statement before the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, Washington, DC

Creator:

Koop, Charles Everett, 1916-2013

Date:

1 October 1981

Description:

In his statement, delivered after several months of controversy over his nomination, Koop asserted that his 35-year career as pediatrician-in-chief at one of the nation's leading children's hospitals gave him the medical and administrative experience to be an effective Surgeon General, contrary to critics' contention that a surgeon devoted to the care of individual patients was not qualified to address the health needs of the nation as a whole. Koop delivered his statement before a committee chaired by his most outspoken critic in the Senate, Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts.

Location:

Box: 103. Folder: 36

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Speeches

Subject:

Child Welfare, Public Health, International Cooperation, Health Promotion, and Health Care Reform

Format:

Text

Extent:

16 pages

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

QQBBBD

NLM ID:

101584930X3

Profiles Collection:

The C. Everett Koop Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X3

Story Section:

Biographical Information