University of Virginia BA 1973 University of California-Berkeley PhD 1977 Editor, Physical Anthropology News 1993–1997 President, International Foundation for Human Evolutionary Research Noel Thomas Boaz (born 8 February 1952) is an American biological anthropologist, author, educator, physician, and founder of the Virginia Museum of Natural History.

[1] In addition he is founder of the Integrative Centers for Science and Medicine[2] and the International Institute for Human Evolutionary Research.

He is the great-grandson of the Reverend Alfred William Anson, who was born at Windsor Castle and educated at Oxford University.

At Ross University he served as professor of anatomy and director of research development for the School of Medicine.

[9] He also served as a forensic anthropologist for Physicians for Human Rights investigating alleged ethnic cleansing during the 1991–1995 Bosnian War.