: For his courageous public education program based on sound epidemiological evidence regarding the dangers of smoking, alcohol, and drug addiction; and for his humane and scientific approach to the problem of AIDS.
: for establishing a world-renowned paediatric surgery training program, the founding editor of the "Journal of Paediatric Surgery" in 1964 and being appointed to serve the United States 13th Surgeon General and Director of the Office of International Health on 17 November 1981 and for writing an influential report “The Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health”
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