[1][2] He graduated from the Sam Houston Normal Institute in 1887, and Southwestern University, from which he received a B.S.

They met while both were attending Sam Houston Normal School; the couple later had three daughters.

[1][2] From 1902 to 1911, Boaz served as the president of Polytechnic College in Fort Worth, Texas.

[1][2] In 1911, he briefly became the first vice-president of Southern Methodist University before returning to Polytechnic College for five more years.

[1][2] From 1918 to 1920, he served as the secretary of the Methodist Board of Church Extension in Louisville, Kentucky.