Alvin Ross Beatty

Alvin Ross Beatty, of Evanston, born November 15, 1932, died March 9, 2026. Son of the late Bertha (Mertens) and Howard W. Beatty, he is survived by his nephew Robert W. Blythe (Madeline Baum), niece Sharon B. Hu (Clifford), cousins Richard Beatty and Beth Bungartz (Rodney), treasured local friends Mary Morton, Allen Oden and Tom Ryan, many dear friends across the country, and his namesake Timothy Alvin Cooper of Devon, England.

After graduating from New Trier Township High School, Alvin earned B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from Cornell University. He served as an officer in the United States Air Force before beginning a long career as a commercial banker in Chicago and Southern California, retiring in 1998.

Throughout his life, he gave generously of his time as a dedicated volunteer with numerous organizations. He served as president of Senior Centers of Metropolitan Chicago and the Cornell University Alumni Association of Chicago, and as a board member of the Hull House Association and the Chicago Architecture Foundation. While living in the Los Angeles area and Ashland, Oregon, he devoted more than 25 years to pet rescue and adoption agencies. In his later years in Evanston, he volunteered at the Chicago Botanic Garden and in several capacities at Westminster Place, where he had resided since July 2010. He was also a member of the Advisory Council of the Seraj Library Project, which serves the people of occupied Palestine, and a steadfast supporter of the Evanston Animal Shelter.