Timothy Frank Allen

Dear Tim, I am heartbroken that you are gone and that I will never see you again. I remember meeting you. You were attired in your favorite Nigerian batik shirt, having just recently arrived in the states. You wore it so often that, to this day, I always picture you in it - the beautiful blue patterns that fascinated me as a child. You introduced me to tea, Guinness, mushrooms and, of course, fried bananas which you taught me to make. You told stories of mountain climbing and read aloud...

I am very saddened by the news. Tim was my favorite professor and Plants and Man was my favorite class. 40 years later I still talk about it and remember things that I learned. Also, who can forget office hours at the Union and drinking a yard of beer? Rest in Peace!