Carl David Gutsche (March 21, 1921 – August 28, 2018) was an American chemist.
Gutsche was raised in La Grange Park, Illinois.
He studied at Oberlin College and later earned a doctorate in organic chemistry from the University of Wisconsin.
Gutsche taught at Washington University in St. Louis from 1947 to 1989 earning the rank of professor emeritus.
[1] From 1989 to 2002, he was appointed Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry at Texas Christian University.