Wiley Hall

Welcome

Welcome to Wiley Hall! We are excited you are visiting with us and we look forward to making your time at Wiley a memorable experience. We are conveniently located close to Ford, Windsor and Tarkington dining facilities as well as the Recreational Sports Center. Being one of the older halls on campus, Wiley is rich in history and tradition. We are proud to boast one of two remaining in-hall student run radio stations, a solid performance history in Grand Prix and heavy participation and achievement in intramurals.

The seasoned staff of Wiley work hard to provide a clean, well maintained, fun yet educational environment through good customer service, a family environment and plenty of opportunities for involvement for all the residents who call Wiley home. Whether it is as an in-hall tour guide, a member of our Grand Prix race team, a floor Senator for the Excalibur Club or any other program or activity you choose to participate in, Wiley will easily become your second home. Please visit our hall if you are on campus or give us a call and we would be more the happy to assist you with any questions you may have.

Kyla Houston, General Manager
kthouston@purdue.edu

Lee Morrison, Residential Life Manager
lmorriso@purdue.edu

Fritz Ahlersmeyer, Facilities Manager
feahlersmeyer@purdue.edu

500 Martin Jischke Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47906-4277
(765) 494-2174

Wiley History

Wiley Hall opened in 1958 and was named for Harvey W. Wiley. Harvey Wiley was born on October 18, 1844, at Kent, Indiana. He received his bachelor's degree from Hanover College and his doctor of medicine from Indiana Medical College in 1871. Wiley achieved many great things in his life. He was the first professor of chemistry at Purdue University. He focused his knowledge of medical science on the problems of food adulteration and marshaled the attention of his fellow physicians on the necessity of legal standards to safeguard food and drugs. His experiments with sugar-producing crops led to the modern era of cane sugar production and formed the basis of the United States beet sugar industry, of which he is known as the "father." Wiley also introduced the polariscope into America, devised new pieces of apparatus, and originated new methods of procedure as he modernized and standardized the methods of chemical analysis. The development of analytical chemistry, in which his was a major role, revealed the chemical composition of foods and made possible the detection of adulteration.