Marion Rombauer Becker (2 January 1903 – 28 December 1976) was an illustrator, author, environmentalist, and arts administrator.

[3] Following the death of her father by suicide in 1930, she moved into an apartment with her mother, where they personally tested out the recipes for the cookbook.

[6][4] In 1932, Marion married an architect named John William Becker and began working as the art director at the Hillsdale School in Cincinnati.

[8] She spent 35 years cultivating growth of wild American plants in her gardens and corresponded with many prominent botanists.

[13] Following her death, the University of Cincinnati Medical Center named a medicinal herb garden in her honor.