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James B. Maas (1938-2025) Social psychologist, writer, author. James B. Maas was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in Charlevoix, Michigan.

Full Name

James Beryl Maas

Locations

Tompkins

Author's Timeline

1938

Birth

James Beryl Maas was born in Detroit, Michigan, on August 9, 1938.

1963

Other Life Event

Tompkins County: Mr. Maas received a master’s degree in social psychology from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1963.

1964

Other Life Event

Tompkins County: Mr. Maas taught psychology at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, for many years beginning in 1964.

1966

Other Life Event

Tompkins County: Mr. Maas received a Ph.D. from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1966.

1998

Literary Work

Power Sleep: The Revolutionary Program That Prepares Your Mind for Peak Performance
Villard
0375500952 / 978-0375500954
Nonfiction written with research assistants Megan L. Wherry, David J. Axelrod, Jennifer A. Blumin and Barbara R. Hogan.

2001

Literary Work

Remmy and the Brain Train: Traveling Through the Land of Good Sleep
Maas Presentations
097121400X / 978-0971214002
Children’s book.

2010

Literary Work

Sleep for Success! Everything You Must Know About Sleep but Are Too Tired to Ask
Authorhouse
1452037760 / 978-1452037769
Nonfiction written with Rebecca S. Robbins.

2025

Death

James B. Maas died in his summer home in Charlevoix, Michigan, on June 23, 2025.

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