The talk will take place in the Nursing Education Building on the Penn campus.
Admission is free, and the talk is open to the public.
Koop served as surgeon general from 1981 to 1989, advising the American public on health matters such as smoking, nutrition, environmental health hazards, the importance of immunization and disease prevention. He received a doctoral degree from Penn in 1947 and served on the faculty of Penn's Department of Pediatrics for more than 30 years. Media coverage of this event is welcomed.