Henry Willets Underhill ’35

WOODY WAS BORN Apr. 7,1913, in a farmhouse, which had been in the family since 1793 in Jericho, Long Island. He died of cancer at WinthropUniv. Hospital, Mineola, May 8, 1990. Most of us last saw Woody at our 50th.

Woody prepared at Friends Academy and the Gunnery. At Princeton he participated in 150lb. crew, Triangle Club, Theatre Intime, and Glee Club. He graduated as a civil engineer and was a member of Terrace.

In WWII Woody was a Navy supply officer, serving here and in the Pacific. Following military service, he joined Turner Construction for several years and then returned to farming. Woody served 32 years on the Board of WinthropUniv. Hospital, carrying on a family tradition of nearly a century. He served many local civic organizations and the Society of Friends. Perhaps closest to his heart was the Gunnery, on whose Board he served 32 very active years; his most recent contribution there was reconstruction of the baseball/soccer field in memory of his younger brother, Samuel Jackson Underhill, who was killed in WWII.

Woody is survived by his wife of 51 years, Margaret (Peggy) Young Underhill, and numerous cousins to all of whom the Class extends its heartfelt sympathy.

The Class of 1935