MADISON – Paul Samuel Boyer of Madison departed this life on March 17, 2012, at Agrace HospiceCare, following a three-month bout with cancer. In 1980, Paul was called to teach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where, as a member of the history faculty, he held the Merle Curti Chair in American History. In the 1990s he served as director of the UW Institute for the Humanities. Following his retirement he became a series editor at UW Press, and a co-author for several college textbooks.
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