The University of Arizona s leadership problem pervades all aspects of university administration. The current leadership does not begin to understand what makes a university great. It is the faculty that
James C. Wyant, a pioneering optical scientist and University of Arizona professor instrumental in expanding the UA’s famed optics school, died Dec. 8 in Tucson.
The founding dean and namesake of the University of Arizona James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences, Wyant founded three successful optics companies, led multiple professional societies and gave more than $30 million to support graduate students and endowed faculty at the college.
The founding dean and namesake of the University of Arizona James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences, Wyant founded three successful optics companies, led multiple professional societies and gave more than $30 million to support graduate students and endowed faculty at the college.