If you were to ask Professor Emeritus James (Jim) C. Wyant what has led to his success, he would most likely. as he has many times, say, “luck and timing.” And while many people would agree that luck can create some level of opportunity, nothing enables greater career success than working harder and caring more. This paper is a short biography of James C. Wyant, Professor Emeritus at the College of Optical Sciences at the Univ. of Arizona, where he was Director (1999-2005) and Founding Dean (2005–2012). In April of 2019, the College of Optical Sciences at the Univ. of Arizona was renamed as the James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences in his honor.
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