Ira Remsen

 (February 10, 1846 – March 4, 1927) was an American chemist who, along with Constantin Fahlberg, discovered the artificial sweetener saccharin. He was the second president of Johns Hopkins University.

Quotes

 * Be a physical chemist, an analytical chemist, an organic chemist, if you will; but above all, be a chemist.
 * Ira Remsen. Found in ""The Life of Ira Remsen"" by F.H. Getmen (1940) on page 70 or 71