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never too busy to help me. I can recall now how he would reach for 
his numerous volumes of chemistry and would say, “We'll see what” 
this one or that one “says on the subject,” and then he would tell me 
what he thought was the best explanation. And what he did for me 
he did for many others. His whole life was one of helpfulness. His 
greatest pleasure seemed to be to help his students. He had had a hard 
struggle to reach his present position and was very sympathetic toward 
one who was trying to learn. He was too tenderhearted for his own 
good. When he should have been resting he was off on a trip with his 
students or giving them extra help or writing a helpful letter to some- 
one who needed encouragement. 
He was never idle a minute. Between terms he would carefully 
inspect the laboratories and, if anything needed fixing, he would do it 
himself rather than not have it ready for the new term. His mechanical 
skill was second only to his ability as a teacher. 
Mr. Timmons was not only a chemist; he was a student of many 
cf the poets and prose writers. He was a lover of Riley. His colleagues 
will never forget the address he gave upon Riley and his poems. It 
would have done credit to a profound student of literature. 
He was a member of the Indiana Academy but a few years and he 
never took an active part. He was an active member of the American 
Pharmaceutical Association and of the American Chemical Society. He 
was seiving his third term as a member of the Valparaiso City Council 
at the time of his death. 
Mr. Timmons published, in 1914, “Experiments in General Chem- 
istry, I and II,” and, in 1917, “Qualitative Chemical Analysis.” At the 
time of his death he was engaged in gathering data for a further pub- 
lication. 
Last May Mr. Timmons was given a vacation for the summer and 
was advised to take a much-needed rest. Instead, he took a position 
made vacant by the draft in the offices of the Eli Lilly Company of 
Indianapolis. He died July 18th after a week’s illness of typhoid fever. 
His funeral was held in the Auditorium of Valparaiso University and 
was largely attended by both students and townspeople. 
A local paper paid the following tribute: “The death of Prof. G. D. 
Timmons has left a great vacancy in the life of the city and the Uni- 
versity. To his duties as alderman he brought an unflinching loyalty 
to the cause of clean politics and efficient government. Whatever made 
for progress and advancement always received his whole-hearted sup- 
port and devotion. No man ever deserved more justly to be called 
public spirited in the best sense. In his work at the University, where 
he was head of the Pharmacy Department, he was indefatigable. The 
unstinted admiration of all those who were in any way associated with 
him is a glowing tribute to his sincerity and earnestness.” 
