IADA Hall of Fame

Dee was at the original organizational meeting for Illinois Athletic Directors Association in 1964 held in Champaign. Dee also worked with athletic administrators from his home state of Indiana in orginating and formation of the Indiana Athletic Directors Association. He served as our associations secretary-treasurer during the 1971-72 and 72-73 school years and in 1974-75 he served as the president of our association. During his career which began in 1949 and ended in 1985, he served as a head varsity baseball and basketball coach, teacher, athletic director, and culminated as supervisor fir athletic and physical education for all Indianapolis Public Schools (103 elementary schools, 63 junior high schools, 11 high schools, approximately 84,000 students) Dee has been en innovator and involved as the ground level for a variety of athletic events. He was on the original committee for the IHSA for the establishment of the soccer tournament. He also assisted the IHSA on the preparation of their original title IX Policy Statement. While at Oak Park River Forest he created Oak Park Relays one of the largest track events in the state, over 1700 athletes participated in this one day event. He directed the Proviso West Holiday Tournament for six years, this tournament is not only considered one of the best in the state but also in the country. Dee has been a presenter at both state and nation conventions. His area of resource and expertise has been budget and finance. He has taught at the collegiate level on the importance of "Physical Education." Dee retired in 1985, but he has remained active in both the Illinois and Indiana Athletic Directors Association still attending their annual state conventions. He currently remains still active with the Indiana High School Basketball Hall of Fame serving as it secretary. "His dedication with leadership was always exemplified with enthusiasm and class" states former Glenbard South Athletic Director Marv Carlson. "Dee Compton is blessed with so many qualities such as dedication to his assignments, loyalty to his supervisors, tremendous amount of energy, an abundant knoledge of athletics, and extremely talented in organizational ability'" state Howard Carr, former athletic director of Indianapolis Public Schools.