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

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upon him and died, does not describe sufficiently nor correctly a life like his. The main factors of life, those human attributes which count the most to those with whom we come in contact, the character, the personality, the sturdy virtues are not even implied. It was in the possession of these that Dr. Simon transcended. Notwithstanding his profound scientific acumen, for he had imbibed deeply but rationally at the fount of knowledge, yet the thousands who knew him, which was synomimous to loving him, remember and revere him primarily as a man, and not as a scientist. In him was personified many virtues, with honesty of purpose and integrity ap- parent in every endeavor. He lived in truth and abominated both the spoken lie and hypocrisy. He was characterized by his zeal, his youthful enthusiasm, his untiring industry, his ever ready helpfulness to those seeking aid, his charity, his gracious manner, his thoughtfulness and unselfishness. To those who were so fortunate as to know his home life, the love and care that he bestowed upon his faithful life ' s partner, in sickness and in health, were an inspira- 10

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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

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tion. The one absorbing passion which distinctively marked his life was that of love. The love of living and for the living. Love of nature, animate and inanimate in all her moods, in every clime. The ocean, the rivers, the rocks, the birds, the trees, the flowers, the sky and mountains — oh ! how he loved the mountains. They were his friends, his physicians, his materia medica, for they had often by their loving ministrations won back to health and vigor the tired, depleted body. On several occasions have I accompanied him on his mountain rambles, climbing with him the highest peaks, thousands of feet above the sea level, and as we gazed upon the glorious views disclosed to us, hear him sing his praises to Nature ' s God and instill into mv mind and heart the treasures of knowledge and perception with which inheritance and inclination had enriched him. Truly he was Nature ' s child, loving and beloved. To declare that a life so replete with lofty ideals and worthy acts has been in vain would be an insult to the omniscient Maker. It is true he did not revolutionize chemical theory or practice, but by the simplicity of his method of teaching the rough and tortuous road- of acquisition of chemical knowl- 11