Am.  Tour.  Pharm. 
Oct.,  1 91 8. 
Obituary. 
745 
GEORGE  DEMING  TIMMONS. 
In  the  demise  of  Prof.  George  D.  Timmons,  dean  of  the  Val- 
paraiso College  of  Pharmacy  on  July  18,  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  has  lost  another  of  its  valuable  members  and  an 
exemplary  figure  in  American  pharmacy  has  passed  away.  Prof. 
Timmons  was  born  in  Warren  County,  Ind.,  on  August  10,  1867, 
and  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  state.  For  about  ten 
years  he  taught  in  the  public  schools  and  thus  laid  the  foundation 
by  practical  experience  for  later  successful  work  as  a  teacher  and 
dean  of  the  Department  of  Pharmacy  of  the  Valparaiso  Univer- 
sity. 
Mr.  Timmons  was  graduated  from  the  Valparaiso  College  of 
Pharmacy  in  1897  and  very  soon  thereafter  was  appointed  an  as- 
sistant to  the  professor  of  chemistry  and  pharmacy  and  in  1907  was 
made  the  professor  in  charge  of  this  branch  and  in  1912  was  elected 
as  dean  of  the  Department  of  Pharmacy.  He  also  attended  the 
University  of  Chicago  for  post-graduate  studies. 
He  was  an  enthusiastic  worker  and  as  an  author  of  severai 
works  on  chemistry  gave  promise  of  much  more  useful  labor  in 
behalf  of  his  chosen  calling.  He  possessed  the  ability  to  impart 
his  enthusiasm  to  his  students  and  colaborers  and  to  this  is  attrib- 
uted the  success  that  attended  his  efforts  in  behalf  of  his  alma 
mater.  His  interest  in  the  public  affairs  of  the  city  and  commun- 
ity in  which  he  dwelt  was  keen  and  he  served  four  terms  as  a 
member  of  the  City  Council  of  Valparaiso. 
At  the  time  of  his  decease  he  was  engaged  with  Mess  Eli  Lilly 
Co.  of  Indianapolis.  He  was  stricken  with  typhoid  fever  and  after 
a  short  illness  died  of  this  malady  in  the  Methodist  Hospital  in 
Indianapolis. 
