Craig Call Black (1932–1998) was an American paleontologist noted for his studies of the vertebrate mammals of the Ice Age.
[1][2] In 1982, President Ronald Reagan appointed him to serve on the National Museum Services Board.
[2] In 1985, Reagan nominated him to serve on the National Science Board for a period of five years succeeding David V.
[3] While serving at the University of Kansas Natural History Museum in 1972, he is credited with naming the owl species E. Martinellii after paleontologist Jorge Martinelli who discovered the fossil remains.
[8] In 1987 the Blacks hosted Andre Kapitsa, the deputy secretary general of the Soviet Union's Academy of Sciences, at their home.