Alan Crompton was proud of his Princes heritage and was one of the longest serving Presidents of the Prince Alfred Old Collegians鈥� Association, having first held the position in 1962. Alan was a third generation Princes man, and followed in the footsteps of his father Joseph who served as PAOCA President in 1939, when Alan was a student at the school and his grandfather Henry Woodhouse Crompton was on the stage at the annual Old Old Boys Assembly having entered the school in 1878.
Princes was a life long interest for Alan Crompton. As a student he participated in rowing, scouts and cadets. During World War Two Alan served his country as a Sunderland flying boat pilot based in the United Kingdom.
Alan鈥檚 Princes education and war time service laid the foundations of a life time of service, with particular focus on business development in South Australia and nationally, and for more than thirty years to the Womens鈥� and Childrens鈥� Hospital. The Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1984 recognized his contribution to business and the community, including PAC.