Ralph P. Boas (1912-1992), a well-known mathematical researcher, educator, author, editor, and translator, received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1937. He was executive editor of Mathematical Reviews between 1945 and 1950, and spent the next three decades on the faculty at Northwestern University, retiring in 1980 as Henry S. Noyes Professor Emeritus of Mathematics. His activities with the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) included chairing the Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics, serving as MAA President (1973-1974), and editing The American Mathematical Monthly (1976-1981); the MAA awarded him the Lester R. Ford Award for expository excellence in 1978 and the Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics in 1981. He served the American Mathematical Society both as a vice president and as a trustee. His other books include Entire Functions, the MAA Carus Monograph A Primer of Real Functions, and Lion Hunting and Other Mathematical Pursuits. He published numerous articles in mathematical journals.