(CNN) -- Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop died peacefully at his home on Monday, Dartmouth College said. He was 96.

Koop served as surgeon general from 1982 to 1989, under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.

He was outspoken on public health issues and did much to raise the profile the office of the surgeon general.

He died at his home in Hanover, New Hampshire, the college said in a news release.

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