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'''~~[[Scheuer, Paul J. (31431249)|~~Paul J. Scheuer]]''' (1915 – 12 January 2003) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in [[:Category:Class 26|class 26]].

'''Paul Josef Scheuer''' (1915 – 12 January 2003) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in [[:Category:Class 26|class 26]].

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== Biography ==

Paul J. Scheuer was born in 1915 in Heilbronn, Germany. After graduating first in his Realgymnasium class in 1934, Nazi racial laws barred university study. He apprenticed in leather tanneries in Germany and Hungary, where a chemist mentor drew him toward chemistry, then worked briefly in Yugoslavia and England before immigrating to New York in mid-October 1938. He earned a B.S. in chemistry from Northeastern University in April 1943 and began Harvard graduate work under R. B. Woodward.

Paul Josef Scheuer was born on 25 May 1915 in Heilbronn, Germany. After graduating first in his Realgymnasium class in 1934, Nazi racial laws barred university study. He apprenticed in leather tanneries in Germany and Hungary, where a chemist mentor drew him toward chemistry, then worked briefly in Yugoslavia and England before immigrating to New York in mid-October 1938. He worked as a leather packer and then as a foreman in a tannery in Ayer, Massachusetts, and from autumn 1939 studied at Northeastern University, first at night and from 1940 full-time. He earned a B.S. in chemistry from Northeastern University in April 1943 and began Harvard graduate work under R. B. Woodward.

Army service interrupted his studies. Assigned first to the Chemical Warfare Service, Scheuer became a U.S. citizen while at Edgewood Arsenal, then transferred in January 1945 to Camp Ritchie ([[:Category:Class 26|Class 26]]). Flown to Paris days before VE Day, he served about fourteen months as a special agent with Third Army headquarters in Bavaria, including temporary duty at the Nuremberg war-crimes trials, before returning home in 1946.

Under the G.I. Bill Scheuer completed a Harvard Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1950 and joined the University of Hawaiʻi chemistry faculty that year. He built a pioneering marine natural-products research program, directed dozens of graduate students, and retired as professor emeritus in 1985. He died on 12 January 2003.

Under the G.I. Bill Scheuer completed a Harvard Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1950 and joined the University of Hawaiʻi chemistry faculty that year. He built a pioneering marine natural-products research program, directed dozens of graduate students, and retired as professor emeritus in 1985. He died in Hawaii on 12 January 2003.

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* 1915 — Born in Heilbronn, Germany.

* 25 May 1915 — Born in Heilbronn, Germany.

* 1934 — Graduated from the Heilbronn Realgymnasium.

* 1935–1938 — Apprenticed in tanneries in Hungary, Yugoslavia, and England.

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* 1950 — Received a Harvard Ph.D. and joined the University of Hawaiʻi faculty.

* 1985 — Retired as professor emeritus.

* 12 January 2003 — Died.

* 12 January 2003 — Died in Hawaii.

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-'''[[Scheuer, Paul J. (31431249)|Paul J. Scheuer]]''' (1915 – 12 January 2003) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in [[:Category:Class 26|class 26]].
+'''Paul Josef Scheuer''' (1915 – 12 January 2003) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in [[:Category:Class 26|class 26]].
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 == Biography ==
-Paul J. Scheuer was born in 1915 in Heilbronn, Germany. After graduating first in his Realgymnasium class in 1934, Nazi racial laws barred university study. He apprenticed in leather tanneries in Germany and Hungary, where a chemist mentor drew him toward chemistry, then worked briefly in Yugoslavia and England before immigrating to New York in mid-October 1938. He earned a B.S. in chemistry from Northeastern University in April 1943 and began Harvard graduate work under R. B. Woodward.
+Paul Josef Scheuer was born on 25 May 1915 in Heilbronn, Germany. After graduating first in his Realgymnasium class in 1934, Nazi racial laws barred university study. He apprenticed in leather tanneries in Germany and Hungary, where a chemist mentor drew him toward chemistry, then worked briefly in Yugoslavia and England before immigrating to New York in mid-October 1938. He worked as a leather packer and then as a foreman in a tannery in Ayer, Massachusetts, and from autumn 1939 studied at Northeastern University, first at night and from 1940 full-time. He earned a B.S. in chemistry from Northeastern University in April 1943 and began Harvard graduate work under R. B. Woodward.
 Army service interrupted his studies. Assigned first to the Chemical Warfare Service, Scheuer became a U.S. citizen while at Edgewood Arsenal, then transferred in January 1945 to Camp Ritchie ([[:Category:Class 26|Class 26]]). Flown to Paris days before VE Day, he served about fourteen months as a special agent with Third Army headquarters in Bavaria, including temporary duty at the Nuremberg war-crimes trials, before returning home in 1946.
-Under the G.I. Bill Scheuer completed a Harvard Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1950 and joined the University of Hawaiʻi chemistry faculty that year. He built a pioneering marine natural-products research program, directed dozens of graduate students, and retired as professor emeritus in 1985. He died on 12 January 2003.
+Under the G.I. Bill Scheuer completed a Harvard Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1950 and joined the University of Hawaiʻi chemistry faculty that year. He built a pioneering marine natural-products research program, directed dozens of graduate students, and retired as professor emeritus in 1985. He died in Hawaii on 12 January 2003.
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-* 1915 — Born in Heilbronn, Germany.
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 * 1950 — Received a Harvard Ph.D. and joined the University of Hawaiʻi faculty.
 * 1985 — Retired as professor emeritus.
-* 12 January 2003 — Died.
+* 12 January 2003 — Died in Hawaii.
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