Raymond Francis Boyce (August 27, 1946 – June 18, 1974)[1] was an American computer scientist known for his research in relational databases.

After leaving Purdue, he worked on database projects for IBM in Yorktown Heights, New York.

Together with Donald D. Chamberlin, he co-developed Structured Query Language (SQL) while managing the Relation Database development group for IBM in San Jose, California.

He died on June 18, 1974, as a result of an aneurysm, leaving behind his wife Sanndy[4] and his infant daughter Kristin.

SQL was initially co-developed at IBM by Boyce alongside Donald D. Chamberlin in the early 1970s.