Background
Wears was born on July 22, 1949 in Washington, D.C., United States; the son of Lewis Reynes and Betty Vane (Massie).
Wears was born on July 22, 1949 in Washington, D.C., United States; the son of Lewis Reynes and Betty Vane (Massie).
Wears received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1971. Four years later, he was given a Master of Arts degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1978 from Northwestern University.
Wears began his career as a database designer at Equitable Life Insurance Company in 1976. Three years later he was appointed a senior consultant at John Rhodes & Company. Then in 1982, James became an independent consultant at the same company and held it for four years.
He was a guest lecturer at Columbia University from 1979 to 1990 and at New York University in 1987, 1989. Since 1987 Wears has been a chief scientist and founder of Applied Epistemology Corporation.
Wears is a member of New York Academy of Sciences, American Association for Artificial Intelligence, Association for Computing Machinery and American Mathematics Association.
On September 17, 1978 James Wears married Claire Petrie.