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. A celebration of Paul?s life will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 27, 2012, at the First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison.