Harvey W. Wiley
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"A pure food and drug bill would probably not have passed in 1906 without the unceasing commitment of one man: Harvey Washington Wiley. A doctor and a chemist, Wiley (1844–1930) recognized early the need to regulate the adulteration of food and later joined the crusade for pure drugs."
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The Harvey Wiley Federal Building, which commemorates his service in the Bureau of chemistry as a leading figure, pressing for the analyzing of sugars and other common ingredients for adulteration before any other individual spoke up against corporal dishonesty.
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"Wiley...became a crusader and coalition builder in support of national food and drug regulation which earned him the title of "Father of the Pure Food and Drugs Act" when it became law in 1906. Wiley authored two editions of Foods and Their Adulteration (1907 and 1911), which detailed for a broad audience the history, preparation and subsequent adulteration of basic foodstuffs. He was also a founding father of the Association of Official Analytic Chemists, and left a legacy to the American pure food movement as its "crusading chemist" that was both broad and substantial." -Arlington Cemetery
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