Awards and Honors
- Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences. (1990)
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (1995)
- Heinz Award in Public Policy (1996)
- He was awarded an Emmy in 1991 in the News and Documentary category for "C. Everett Koop, MD," a five-part series on health care reform.
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