Background

Ayres, John James Brevard was born on August 2, 1939 in Ocean City, Maryland, United States. Son of Denward Collins and Irma White (Pointer) Ayres.

Education

Bachelor, College William and Mary, 1961. Master of Arts, University Kentucky, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, University Kentucky, 1965.

Career

Research assistant, Public Health Svc. Hospital, Addiction Research Center, Lexington, Kentucky, 1963-1964; instructor psychology, Boston University, 1966-1967; from assistant to associate professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1967-1978; professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, since 1978. Visiting professor Western Washington State College, Bellingham, 1973, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1982.

Visiting scholar U. Washington, Seattle, 1974.

Achievements

• John James Brevard Ayres has been listed as a noteworthy Psychologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Captain United States Army, 1965-1967. Member American Psychological Society, Psychonomic Society, Eastern Psychological Association.

Interests

• Avocation: racquetball.

Connections

Married Sheila Anne Petera, September 9, 1961. Children: Julie, John.

Father:

Denward Collins Ayres

Mother:

Irma White (Pointer) Ayres

Spouse:

Sheila Anne Petera

child:

John Ayres

child:

Julie Ayres