Trustee Emeritus: David M. Underwood '54

David M. Underwood '54Trustee Emeritus

 

PERSONAL

Spouse: Lynda
Hometown: Houston, Texas

EDUCATION

A.B., Yale University
LL.D., University of St. Thomas
Institute of Investment Banking, Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania

PROFESSIONAL WORK

President and Director, Feliciana Corp.

Senior Vice President, Wachovia Securities, Inc.

Underwood, Neuhaus & Co., Inc., 1960–1989

Morgan Stanley & Co., New York, 1960–1962

MAJOR VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS

Member, Board of Governors, Fondren Foundation President, The Underwood Foundation

Vice-Chairman of the Board, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas

Chairman, Board of Directors, Texas Medical Center

Life Trustee, Kinkaid School, Inc.; Chairman, Kinkaid School Endowment Fund, Inc.

PHILLIPS ACADEMY VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

President of the Board, 1989–2004

Charter Trustee, 1983–2004

Chair, Campaign Andover, 1996–2002

Andover Development Board: Executive Committee; Co-Chair, Oliver Wendell Holmes Library Committee

Chairman, Search Committee for Head of School, 1993–1994

Alumni Council, 1989–

Honorary Member, Abbot Academy Association, 1989–

Chair, Executive Committee, 1989–2004

Chair, Andover Inn Working Group


Samuel Phillips Jr., the Academy’s founder, provided gunpowder from his Andover factory for Revolutionary War troops.

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