Betty Miller Unterberger

Background

Unterberger, Betty Miller was born on December 27, 1923 in Glasgow, Scotland. Daughter of Joseph C. and Leah Miller.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Syracuse University, New York, 1943; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, Duke U., 1950.

Career

Assistant professor, East Carolina U., Greenville, 1948-1950; associate professor, director liberal arts center, Whittier College, California, 1954-1961; associate professor, California State University-Fullerton, 1961-1965; professor, chairman graduate studies, California State University-Fullerton, 1965-1968; professor of history, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, since 1968. Visiting professor U. Hawaii, Honolulu, summer 1967, Peking U., Beijing, 1988. Visiting distinguished professor University of California, Irvine, since 1987, Patricia and Bookman Peters professor of history, since 1991.

Visiting professor Charles U., Prague, Czechoslovakia, summer 1992. Member of advisory committee foreign relations unites states department State, 1977-1981, chair, 1981. Member history advising committee unites states department Army, 1980-1982, United States Navy, since 1991.

Member National History Publs. and Records Commission, 1980-1984.

Achievements

• Betty Miller Unterberger has been listed as a notable History educator, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • America's Siberian Expedition 1918-1920: A Study of National Policy

Membership

Trustee American Institute Pakistan Studies, Villanova U., Pennsylvania, since 1981, secretary, 1989-1992. Member League of Women Voters. Member League of Women Voters, National Organization for Women, American Association of University Women, American History Association (chair 1982-1983, nominating committee 1980-1983), Organisation American Historians (government relations committee), Society Historians of America Foreign Relations (executive council 1978-1981, 86-89, government relations committee 1982-1984, vice president 1985, president 1986, co-winner Myrna F. Bernath prize 1991), American Society for Advancement Slavic Studies, Coordinating Committee on Women in History Profession, Rocky Mountain Association Slavic Studies (program chair 1973, vice president 1973-1974), Southern History Association, Asian Studies Association, Association Third World Studies, Czechoslovak Society Arts and Sciences, Czechoslovak History Conference, Women's Foreign Policy Council, Beyond War, Peace History Society, Sierra Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Beta Delta.

Connections

Married Robert Ruppe, July 29, 1944. Children: Glen, Gail, Gregg.

Father:

Joseph C.

Mother:

Leah Miller

Spouse:

Robert Ruppe

child:

Gregg Unterberger

child:

Glen Unterberger

child:

Gail Unterberger