Ward MacLean Hussey (March 13, 1920 – November 16, 2009) drafted the principal part of the United States federal income tax laws, beginning before the enactment of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Hussey received his undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard University, and a master's degree in political science from Columbia University. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he attended Japanese language school in Boulder, Colorado, and assisted with the establishment of military government on Okinawa during World War II.