Compere, Clinton L. (Clinton Lee), 1911-1991

Clinton Lee Compere was born February 17, 1911 in Greenville, Texas to Edward L. Compere and Clara Davison Compere. He attended Baylor University in Texas from 1927 to 1928, but decided then to transfer to Northwestern's Medical School, where his older brother, Edward L. Compere, was an orthopedic surgeon.

Clinton earned his B. S. degree in 1936 and his medical degree in 1937 at Chicago. In the following months he worked as a technical and research assistant, and in 1938 went as an intern to the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. From 1939 through 1940 Compere completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at the Blodgett Memorial Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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