Vlll BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION 



As a result of these tra\'els he came to know in a very personal and inti- 

 mate way many distinguished colleagues in other countries, and was often 

 able to introduce to them various American colleagues who were making 

 their first trip to Europe. In this acti\dty his personal qualities of friend- 

 ship, interest in other people, and ingratiating manner made him a pecul- 

 iarly effective ambassador and representative of American scientists. 



One year after receiving his Ph.D. degree, Dr. Deuel married Grace 

 Antoinette Cutting, a graduate student in History and Mathematics, 

 Teachers' College, Columbia University. Thus began a long and happy 

 married life during which his wife proved to be a most valuable aide in ways 

 difficult to describe in words. She was his congenial companion on his 

 many trips abroad. Their home was a place where faculty and students 

 ahke felt truly at ease in an atmosphere of friendliness and mutual interest. 

 As one friend expressed it: "Here was a man who could carry out his offi- 

 cial obligations mth dignity and yet have time to make the shyest new 

 foreign student feel at home." In this as well as in many other phases of 

 his activities, the help of Mrs. Deuel was incalculable. 



The first position which Dr. Deuel accepted on the advice of Professor 

 Mendel was that of Assistant in Physiology in the Cornell University Medi- 

 cal College, New York City, under the distinguished Graham Lusk. He 

 held this position for five years (1923-1928), and then was appointed Pro- 

 fessor of Physiology and Head of the Department at the University of 

 Maryland Medical School. During the first year of this appointment he 

 was offered, and accepted, the post of Professor of Biochemistry in the 

 newly reorganized School of Medichie at the University of Southern Cali- 

 fornia, the position which he held for the rest of his career. For twenty 

 years (1929-1949) he served as Head of the Department of Biochemistry. 

 During this time, in recognition of the importance of nutritional biochemis- 

 try and of nutrition as a science in itself, the title of his position was changed 

 to Professor of Biochemistry and Nutrition. 



In 1949 Dr. Deuel was appointed Dean of the Graduate School at the 

 University of Southern California. In this capacity he visited various 

 institutions throughout the United States to see how their graduate schools 

 were organized, and then directed the planning and operation of the school 

 in his own institution. Because of his great personal drive and industry, 

 he was able to accomplish all of this without sacrificing research and schol- 

 arly work of his own, shown by the fact that, as Dean, he not only contin- 

 ued to direct younger colleagues and graduate students in various re- 

 search projects, but published many scientific papers, as well as the first 



