Alvin Eugene Keaton, 82, passed away December 16, 2013. Alvin retired as a professor emeritus of philosophy from New Mexico State University in 1998, after 26 years. He also served as chairman of the Dona Ana County Commission from January 1987 to December 1988. He earned a B.A. in psychology and biology from Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va. In 1960, he was a graduate assistant in psychology at ASU. For the next two years, he taught science at Arizona private schools before entering a graduate program at the University of Oklahoma, where he had previously held a National Science Foundation fellowship. He taught at Kansas State College of Pittsburg, University of Oklahoma, Highlands University and the College of William and Mary before settling at New Mexico State University, where he taught philosophy from 1972 to 1998. Survivors include his wife, Laurie Keaton, three sisters, three nieces, four nephews and many friends. Contributions in his memory may be sent to the Alzheimer's Association at act.alz.org/goto/AlKeaton