Allan Compton

Background

Compton, Allan was born on May 8, 1934 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. Son of Luther Allan and Emily Ethel (Jones) Compton.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Rutgers University, 1955; Doctor of Medicine, Cornell Univercity, New York City, 1959.

Career

Intern in surgery, St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, 1959-1960; resident 2d surgical division, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1960-1961; resident in psychiatry, New York Veterans Administration Hospital., New York City, 1961; resident in psychiatry, Bronx (New York) Municipal Hospital, 1961-1964; private practice,, New York City, 19644-67; private practice,, New York Psychoanalytic Institute, New York City, 1962-1967; private practice,, Los Angeles, since 1969. Founder, president Los Angeles Center for Psychoanalytic Research, since 1989.

Achievements

• Allan Compton has been listed as a noteworthy Psychoanalyst, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Commander Medical Corps, United States Navy, 1967-1969. Member American Psychoanalytic Association (councillor-at-large since 1995).

Connections

Married Dorothy Jean Morris, June 20, 1959 (divorced August 1974). Children: Kaila M., John A., Susan Beth Compton Pelman. Married Miriam Tasini, July 4, 1977.

Father:

Luther Allan Compton

Mother:

Emily Ethel (Jones) Compton

Spouse:

Dorothy Jean Morris

Spouse:

Miriam Tasini

child:

Susan Beth Compton Pelman Compton

child:

Kaila M. Compton

child:

John A. Compton