John Francis Timmons (29 October 1912 – 13 April 1999) was an American agricultural economist.
After completing his undergraduate studies, Timmons was employed by the United States Department of Agriculture from 1939 to 1947, excepting 1941 to 1943, when he was an instructor at the University of Wisconsin.
Timmons joined the faculty of Iowa State University in 1947, and was appointed the Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Agriculture in 1972.
[6][7] Timmons began showing signs of Alzheimer's disease in 1987,[6] and died on 13 April 1999 in Story City, Iowa.
[1][2] Iowa State University established the John F. Timmons Endowed Professorship in Environmental and Resource Economics in 2016, to honor him.