[1][2] Boesche taught American and European political thought at Occidental College from 1977 to 2017.
[1] He was promoted to an endowed chair: the Arthur G. Coons Distinguished Professor of the History of Ideas.
[3] Boesche also played a role in Occidental College's disinvestment from South Africa.
Boesche met his future wife, Mandy, at a Vietnam War protest.
[1] They resided in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, and they had a daughter, Kelsey, who became an opera singer.