Mary Beatrice Brown Compton

Background

Compton, Mary Beatrice Brown was born on May 25, 1923 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Robert James and Abia Eliza (Stone) Brown.

Education

Graduate, Thayer Academy, Braintree,Massachusetts, 1940. Graduate, Leland Powers School Radio, television and Theatre, Boston, 1942.

Career

Radio program director Converse Company, Malden, Massachusetts, 1942—1945. Head radio continuity department Station WAAB, Yankee Network, Worcester, 1945—1946. Assistant director radio Leland Powers School Radio, television and Theatre, Boston, 1946—1949, director, 1949—1951.

Program assistant Station KNBH, Hollywood, California, 1951—1952. Vice president Acorn Film Company, Boston, 1953—1954. Director women's communications, editor Program Notes, radio interviewer National Association of Manufacturers, New York City, 1954—1961.

Achievements

• Mary Beatrice Brown Compton has been listed as a notable public relations executive, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Celebrities public relations National Citizens for Nixon, 1968, Kennedy Center Public Information, 1985—1989, Washington National Cathedral Visitor's Services, 1989—2001. Member of Magna Carta Dames, Society Old Plymouth Colony Descendants, Conl. Country Club.

Connections

Married Ralph Theodore Compton, March 18, 1961.

Father:

Robert James Brown

Mother:

Abia Eliza (Stone) Brown

Spouse:

Ralph Theodore Compton