James Clair Wyant was a professor at the College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona where he was Director (1999–2005)[1] and Dean (2005–2012).[2] He received a B.S. in physics from Case Western Reserve University and M.S. and Ph.D. in optics from the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester.[3]
James C. Wyant | |
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Born | July 31, 1943 |
Died | December 8, 2023 | (aged 80)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Rochester |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Optics |
Institutions | University of Arizona |
Thesis | Effect of the photographic gamma on hologram reconstructions (1968) |
Doctoral advisor | M. Parker Givens |
He was a founder of the WYKO Corporation and served as its president and board chairman from 1984 to 1997[4] and he was a founder of the 4D Technology Corporation and currently serves as its board chairman.[5] Wyant is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of Optica, SPIE (International Society of Optics and Photonics), and the Optical Society of India, an honorary member of the Optical Society of Korea,[6] and former editor-in-chief of the OSA journal Applied Optics.[3] He was the 2010 president of OSA[7] and the 1986 president of SPIE.[8] Since 2010 he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Case Western Reserve University.[9] In April 2019, the College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona was renamed to be the James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences in his honor.[10]
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