'''Hugo Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.''', was born in Texas in 1941. Upon his [[conversion]] to Orthodoxy, he took the name Herman, after [[Herman of Alaska]]. Holding doctorates in medicine (Tulane University, 1972) and philosophy(University of Texas, 1969), his principal research has been in the area of [[bioethics]]. His major contribution to Orthodox [[ethics]] is his book, ''The Foundations of Christian Bioethics'' (Lisse: Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers, 2000). He is presently Professor of Philosophy at Rice University and Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, both in Houston, Texas.  ==Books==*''The Foundations of Christian Bioethics''. Liise: Swets & Zeitlinger, 2000. *''The Foundations of Bioethics'', 2nd edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.*''Bioethics and Secular Humanism: The Search for a Commmon Morality''. Trinity Press, 1991.*''Mind-Body: A Categorical Relation''. Nijhoff: Springer, 1973.