Class of 2019 – Carl and Jeanne Deutsch Challenge

To pay it forward to the next generation—and encourage you to do the same—Carl Deutsch, BS ’50, and Jeanne Deutsch have established a generous challenge. 

If only 88 more classmates give back, we’ll reach our goal, and the Deutschs will contribute $150,000 to scholarships!

Carl. J. Deutsch is the retired president of Standard Machine and Manufacturing Company, a business employing 300 people that produces electrical valves and filter driers for the refrigeration industry. Standard also makes injectors, proportioners, and dispensing equipment for its subsidiary, Dema Engineering Company. Mr. Deutsch also serves as president of Dema Engineering, an operation that designs and sells dispensing equipment catering to the sanitation and cleaning industry, exporting 15 percent of its products.

Mr. Deutsch earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Washington University in 1950. He is an alumnus of Sigma Nu fraternity and played varsity football for the Bears in 1948 and 1949. Mr. Deutsch joined Standard Machine as a design engineer in 1950. He became president in 1965. He later helped form Dema Engineering and was named president of that company in 1985. Always an active volunteer for the University, Mr. Deutsch is an emeritus member of the McKelvey Engineering’s National Council and the McKelvey Alumni Advisory Council. He has been involved with several committees at Emmanuel Episcopal Church and is a member of the Financial and Development Committee of Care and Counseling, Incorporated. Mr. Deutsch is also a member of the Crestwood Rotary Club, serving as that group’s president in 1960-61. Mr. Deutsch and his wife Jeanne, live in St. Louis. They are long-time Eliot Benefactors and sponsor an annually funded scholarship and an endowed scholarship for McKelvey Engineering.