Born in 1883 in Charleston, SC, Dr. Ernest E. Just received national acclaim for his work at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, MA, on the fertilization of the marine mammal cell. He successfully challenged, in 1922, Jaacque Loeb’s theory of artificial parthenogenesis. Using his Woods Hole research, Dr. Just published his first book, “Basic Methods for Experiments on Eggs of Marine Mammals. An authority and leader in his work with cell development, as an African American Dr. Just experienced prejudice and racism and, therefore, moved to Europe in 1930 to continue his work. He published his second book there, “The Biology of the Cell Surface.”