Background

Compton, John Joseph was born on May 17, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Arthur Holly and Betty Charity (McCloskey) Compton.

Education

Bachelor, College of Wooster, 1949; Master of Arts, Yale University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1953.

Career

Assistant professor philosophy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1952-1955; associate professor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1955-1968; professor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1968-1998; professor emeritus, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, since 1998; chairman or acting department chairman, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1966-1973, 84-85; chairman or acting department chairman, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 88-89, 93-95. Visiting professor Colorado College, Colorado Springs, 1977, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1984.

Achievements

• John Joseph Compton has been listed as a noteworthy Philosophy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of the board advisers Matchette Foundation, since 1968. Trustee College of Wooster, Ohio, since 1975. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors, American Philosophical Association (secretary eastern division 1970-1973, vice president 1974), Metaphys.

Society American (president 1979), Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Philosophy of Science Association, Society for Values in Higher Education (Kent fellow 1951), Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, camping, gardening, choral singing, cooking.

Connections

Married Marjorie Ann Yaple, July 8, 1950. Children: Elizabeth Holly, Catherine Marchus, John Arthur.

Father:

Arthur Holly Compton

Mother:

Betty Charity (McCloskey) Compton

Spouse:

Marjorie Ann Yaple

child:

Catherine Marchus Compton

child:

John Arthur Compton

child:

Elizabeth Holly Compton