The International Boethius Society expresses its profound respect and appreciation to Noel Harold Kaylor, Jr., upon his retirement as Executive Director of the IBS and co-editor of Carmina Philosophiae, effective July 8, 2025. Professor Kaylor founded the Society and ratified its Constitution at Kalamazoo on May 9, 1992. He subsequently served as the Society’s Executive Director from 1992-2025 and as the co-editor of its journal (with Philip Edward Phillips) from 1996-2014 (Volume 5/6 to 23) and (with Kenneth C. Hawley) from 2015-2025 (Volume 24 to 32/33). His contributions to the field of Boethian studies have been enormous, from the publication of his foundational The Medieval Consolation of Philosophy: An Annotated Bibliography (Garland, 1993) to his many important co-edited collections and editions, especially The Consolation of Queen Elizabeth I (ACMRS, 2009) and A Companion to Boethius in the Middle Ages (Brill, 2012), as well as numerous articles and editions related to Boethius and Chaucer. He appointed Professor Phillips to succeed him. Professor Kaylor, now our Executive Director Emeritus, is devoting his time to the completion of an important book, The Trojan War Tradition, and to other book-length projects in progress.
