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Boyd R. Compton (born 1925, death July 11, 2011) was a fellow of The Institute of Current World Affairs from 1952 to 1957. He reported mainly on the political situation in Indonesia, particularly surrounding the General Elections of 1955.

Later, he became involved with the Rockefeller Foundation, and often travelled to Indonesia between 1958 and 1965.

He earned an AB from Princeton in 1948 and an MA in Far Eastern studies from the University of Washington in 1951.