C. Everett Koop, M.D., 86, has served as a director of Biopure since December 1990. From September 1994 to November 1997, Dr. Koop was the Chairman of the Board of Patient Education Media, Inc. Dr. Koop serves as director of drkoop.com, an internet health site company, and Biomedics, a pharmaceutical company. Dr. Koop served as the Surgeon General of the United States from 1981 until 1989 and continues to educate the public about health issues through his writings and the electronic media, as Senior Scholar of the C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth College. Dr. Koop received an Sc.D. degree from the Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania, an M.D. degree from the Cornell University Medical College and an A.B. degree from Dartmouth College. |