Beverley Crump Compton ’27

THE DOCTOR DIED Oct. 11, 1991. He chose his profession long before 1927, and graduated as an M.D. from Johns Hopkins in 193 1. Like many young medics of his time, in 1930 he served during the summer in a hospital for the poor, rugged seafolk of Newfoundland. For many years he was a surgeon and gynecologist in Baltimore. There he headed the executive committee of University Hospital, taught at the Univ. of Maryland Medical School, and ministered to countless patients at the Women's and Union Memorial Hospitals. He was a longtime associate of the American Cancer Society and the Children's Aid Society.

Reviewing this densely packed schedule, one wonders how he found time to write essays on "various" medical topics. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, wood and metal work, and one pictures him on the floor, watching a train whiz by on his model railroad. During WWII he became well acquainted with the human anatomy, as a Selective Service medical examiner 3500 times!

His Princeton ties were strong, including his grandfather, Barnes Compton 1857; and his wife, Cynthia C. Wilson, sister of John Wilson '28. We share a sense of loss with his children, Beverly Crump Jr., Cynthia, and Courtenay, and his grandchildren.

The Class of 1927