Prof. Dr. Homer S. Black (Professor Emeritus) served as a professor of dermatology at Baylor College of Medicine and as a Research physiologist and director of the photobiology laboratory at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston. He earned a Ph.D. in plant biochemistry from Louisiana State University in 1964 and a B.Sc. in animal science from Texas A&M University in 1956. He also holds a M.Ed. from Sam Houston State University and a M.S.Admin. (business/health science management) from the University of Houston. After receiving his 1956 degree from A&M University, he served with the U.S. Air Force in Strategic Air Command. He was a senior Fulbright scholar at the Photobiology Centre, University of Dundee, Scotland. He is also a member of the Institute of Professional Managers, and was also chairman of the Board of Regents for the Academy of Administrative Managers. His research interests are focused on UVR-induced skin cancer, and antioxidant and dietary lipid modulation of the most common cancers.