Michael Matthew Wertheimer (March 20, 1927 – December 23, 2022)[1] was a German-born American psychologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado Boulder.
[3] Wertheimer first became a professor of psychology at the University of Colorado Boulder in 1955, and he retained this title until his retirement in 1993.
He published numerous books and articles, concluding with his personal memoir, Facets of an Academic's Life (2020).
[7] His mother, Anni (née Caro), came from a family of doctors, including her father and an uncle, Ludwig Pick.
Wertheimer married Nancy MacKaye in 1950; they had three children together before their divorce in January 1965.