James Clair Wyant (July 31, 1943 – December 8, 2023) 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).
[3] He was a founder of the WYKO Corporation and served as its president and board chairman from 1984 to 1997.
[4] He was also a founder of the 4D Technology Corporation and served as its board chairman.
[8] Since 2010, he had 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.