BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION IX 



two volumes of the series entitled The Lipids, Their Chemistry and Bio- 

 chemistry. The present volume completes this series. 



Some idea of Dr. Deuel's scope of scientific activity can be gained from 

 the fact that a complete list of publications which carry his name either as 

 senior author or collaborator totals 276 items. The titles show that he 

 maintained a wide breadth of view and interest. His experience as a 

 teacher of physiology to medical students (with Graham Lusk at Cornell, 

 and at the University of Maryland) was no doubt responsible in part for his 

 continuing interest in such topics as carbohydrate metabolism, diabetes, and 

 energy metabolism. More than 25 of his papers deal with these themes. 

 Such topics of course naturally led to investigations in the field of lipids and 

 their metabolism. This resulted in his con\'iction that somewhere a book 

 or two should be available summarizing existing knowledge concerning the 

 lipids. He therefore decided to undertake the writing of it as a personal 

 assignment. Two of his volumes have already appeared. The present 

 one represents the completion of this personally assigned and personally 

 accepted responsibility. 



As an active contributing scholar in his generation Dr. Deuel was elected 

 to numerous professional organizations, onlj^ a few of which can be men- 

 tioned here: the American Physiological Society, American Society of 

 Biological Chemists, American Chemical Society, Biochemical Society 

 (London), Harvey Society (Xew York), the British Nutrition Society, and 

 The American Institute of Nutrition. This latter society elected him 

 President just before his death. He also served the American Institute of 

 Nutrition as a member of the editorial board of its official publication, the 

 Journal of Nutrition, for the usual term of four years (1946-1950). He was 

 a member of the Board of Directors of Annual Re\dews from 1946 on, and 

 was elected to the presidency of the Board in 1953. In 1949 Dr. Deuel re- 

 ceived the Borden Award. Through the Institute of Food Technologists he 

 received the Monsanto Presentation Award in 1954. In January, 1956, dur- 

 ing his year abroad on a Fulbright Lectureship, he was given an Honorary 

 Medal bj^ the University of Brussels. During this same year he attended 

 six scientific meetings in England and continental Europe, and delivered 

 numerous lectures before universities (Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, 

 Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow) and other professional groups, including the 

 British Society of Nutrition. 



As might be expected of a person as prominent as he was, Dr. Deuel was 

 often called upon to serve his country, state, and communit}^ in various 

 capacities. He was head of a Committee on Oilseeds and Fats under the 



