Dean Ramsay Underwood ’38

Ramsay Underwood died Oct. 12, 1998, of cancer, at his home in Maraga, Calif.

He prepared at Coronado [Calif.] H.S. At Princeton, Rams earned freshman numerals in football and baseball and played varsity baseball the following three years. He assisted Johnnie Gorman as a freshman backfield coach through 1938. Rams majored in economics and was a member and secretary of Tower Club, which he loyally supported through the years.

Rams went to work for Bank America in San Francisco, remaining there until war clouds took him to Douglas Aircraft War Production in Oklahoma, a hearing impairment having stymied his service applications. Ramsay returned to the Bay Area after the war and pursued a long, successful career in real estate, starting at the salesman level and working up the proverbial ladder until he attained the presidency of a multi-office firm. However, perhaps his most rewarding accomplishments were those on the golf course. A near-scratch player, his crowning moments were undoubtedly his 11 straight seasons at the Pebble Beach Crosby Pro Am Invitational tournament. Rams is survived by his wife of 56 years, Eleanor, his daughter Sandra, and two grandsons, to all of whom the class offers deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1938