John Joseph Compton

John Joseph Compton (May 17, 1928 – January 18, 2014) was an American philosopher and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University (retired in 1998). Compton was a president of the Metaphysical Society of America (1979). He was the son of Arthur Compton.^[1]

John J. Compton
Born	May 17, 1928 Chicago Illinois
Died	January 18, 2014 (aged 85)
Education
Education	Yale University (PhD, 1953), College of Wooster (BA, 1949)
Philosophical work
Era	21st-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
Institutions	Vanderbilt University