Grant T. Hammond's eulogy for John Boyd, delivered at his funeral at Arlington National Cemetery on March 11, 1997. Hammond, a professor at the Air War College who later edited Boyd's collected briefings as "A Discourse on Winning and Losing" for Air University Press, provides a personal and intellectual tribute that captures both Boyd's brilliance and his difficult personal qualities. A valuable primary source for understanding how Boyd was perceived by those closest to his intellectual project. See also final-years for the context of Boyd's death.