Craig Walton

1934-2007

Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man. --David Hume

Craig Walton was born on Dec. 6, 1934. After serving as an  navigator in the U.S. Air Force, he earned his doctorate in philosophy at Claremont Graduate University in 1965. Craig taught philosophy at the University of Southern California and Northern Illinois University before accepting a teaching position at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1976. While there,  he received the Barrick Distinguished Scholar Award in 1988. He retired from UNLV in 2004 but continued to serve as the president of the Nevada Center for Public Ethics.

Craig was active in the Hume Society since 1976. He contributed the essay, "Hume and Jefferson on the Uses of History" to Hume: A Reevaluation, edited by Donald Livingston and James King (Fordham University Press, New York, 1976), an important volume of essays which grew out of the early Hume Conferences. In 2003, a year before his retirement, Craig served as local organizer and host for the 30th Hume Conference at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.  Craig continued to work on Hume and ethics,  contributing a paper, "Hume on Deliberation,” to this summer's 34th Hume Conference in Boston.

Craig Walton died in Las Vegas on October 8, 2007 at the age of 72. He leaves behind his wife, Vera, his children Matthew Andersen, Ruth Devlin, Peter Andersen, Richard Walton, Ben Andersen and Kerry Livengood, and nine grandchildren.

Craig will be missed not only as a philosopher but also as a man known for his integrity, his energy, his warmth, his humility, and, above all, his humanity.