University of Maryland Baltimore Dental School - Mirror Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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In Memoriam X the town of Eberstadt. Hessen, Germany, on February 20th, in the year 1844, Dr. William Simon first saw the light of day. He received his preliminary education at Giessen, then obtained a practical medicinal knowledge of chemicals in a pharmacy some distance from his native town, subsequently returning to Giessen to complete his studies at the old and renowned local University, his proficiency entitling him to the degree of Ph.D. in 1869. After serving his country for a short time in the Franco-Prussian War, he mi- g rated to this country and to this city of Baltimore at the request of the Baltimore Chrome Works to institute needed improvements in the manufacture of their products. In 1872 he participated in the founding of the Maryland College of Pharmacy, in which institution he occupied the chair of Professor of Chemistry with signal success for thirtv vears. In connection with this School he opened the first chemical labora- tory for the practical instruction in the science. He was made Professor of Chemistry in the College of Physicians and Surgeons

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To the Sweet Rememberance of Our Beloved and Deceased Friend and Professor WILLIAM SIMON, Ph.D., M.D., Sc.D. This Book is Affectionately Dedicated

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in 1S80, and in the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in 1888, serving both schools until his death. In 1882 the College of Physicians and Surgeons conferred upon him the honor- ary degree of M.D., and in 11)15 the honorary degree of Sc.D. was bestowed upon him by the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Simon was President of the Maryland Pharmaceutical Association and fellow- member or honorary member of many chemical and pharmaceutical societies. Besides being a prolific contributor to pharmaceutical and chemical journals he w 7 as the author of the well known Manual of Chemistry, the favorite chemical text book of the professional schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy. How briefly the chronology of the longest and busiest life can be stated, but to the one who has been closely associated with such a life, who has been made through such intimacy cognizant of the yearnings, the efforts, the accomplishments and the idealistic tendencies of the subject, how inadequate, how absolutely spiritless, such a recital appears. To say that Dr. Simon was born, was educated, taught, had deserved honors heaped