George Michael Pressley (April 25, 1951 – May 22, 2006) was an American educational psychologist. He received the E. L. Thorndike Award in 2004.[1][2][3][4]
He was born on April 25, 1951, in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1973 and received his Ph.D. from University of Minnesota in 1977.[5]
He was a senior author of the Open Court Reading program.[6]
He published more than 350 articles and books. He had served as the editor of Scientific Studies in Reading and Journal of Educational Psychology.[7] Pressley died in May 2006 at the age of 55 from cancer, having previously overcome three battles with the disease in his life.[8]
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