Chemist Louise Stanley (1883-1954) was a professor of home economics and department chair at the University of Missouri, 1907-1923, before moving to Washington, D.C., to become the chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Home Economics, 1923-1943. She was inducted into the National Agricultural Hall of Fame for her contributions to farm housing and nutrition education. She was educated at Peabody College (A.B., 1903), Columbia University (M.S., 1907), and Yale University (Ph.D., 1911)