Tuesday Evening Publications

Tuesday Evening Publications was created to increase student comprehension regarding the science that drives the art behind the professional care and preparation of the deceased.  Our goal to scaffold concepts from the various disciplines that comprise funeral service education and put them in context that students can more easily comprehend.

Company Motto: Always take your homies.

Damon de la Cruz, PhD

Damon began his career in funeral service in 1993.  He has worked as an embalmer and funeral practitioner in Los Angeles, CA, Portland, OR, and throughout the Republic of Ireland.  Damon ran a successful trade embalming company throughout Los Angeles and Ventura Counties for several years.  After being awarded a Doctoral degree in Pathobiology from the University of Southern California he began teaching. Currently, he is the Director of Education at the Frigid Fluid Company and an instructor at several Funeral Service Education programs internationally. Damon has multiple contributions to funeral education as a editor on several books and speaks nationally and internationally regularly.

Robert T Holmes, PhD

In 1997, Robert earned a PhD in Organic Chemistry from UC Davis. Most recently he was an adjunct Professor at American River College where he taught Introductory Chemistry, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Funeral Services Chemistry. He liked all of his students, but the mortuary science crowd was always his favorite. Currently, Robert is a staff scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.