Robert Underhill

Robert Underhill was born in Indiana, went through elementary and high schools in that state, and received his Bachelor's Degree in English from Manchester College. He was an Air Corps officer in both WW II and the Korean War, and earned his M.S. and Ph.D. from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

After a brief stint of teaching at Northwestern, he accepted a position at Iowa State University in Ames where he remained on the faculty as a classroom teacher or departmental administrator until his retirement a a professor emeritus of English and Speech.

In addition to scholarly articles, Underhill has written eleven books, including six biographies, three novels, a collection of essays on recent American presidents, and an informal history of 1941-1945.

Underhill has two daughters and a life-time interest in the outdoors. He reads regularly and reports that he is an "avid golfer who never quite shoots his average."