Dr. David G. Underwood II

UNDERWOOD, Dr. David G. II 77, of Bow, NH, died November, 21. He was elected President of the Concord Hospital Medical Staff and later served on the hospital's Board of Trustees. In recognition of his lifetime contribution to Concord Hospital, the Underwood Trauma Center opened in 2007. Dr. Underwood, born in 1931, grew up in Leominster, MA. He graduated with honors from Amherst College as the John Woodruff Simpson Scholar. At Cornell Medical School, he was awarded the Alfred Mortitz Prize having been first in his class. Internship and residency were served at the New York Hospital, where he was chief resident. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1960. He joined a private medical practice in Concord, NH, became Board-Certified in Internal Medicine and was elected a fellow in the American College of Physicians. In 1975 he was instrumental in developing the first full-time Emergency Department at Concord Hospital where he served as Chief of Emergency Medicine. Board-Certification in Emergency Medicine and election to Fellowship in the American College of Emergency Physicians followed. After retiring from clinical medicine he was employed by Chubb LifeAmerica, as vice-president, senior medical director and head of underwriting. He is survived by his wife, Ruth Murray Underwood, Bow, NH; six children, Geoffrey Underwood, Holliston, MA; Derek Underwood, Sugar Hill, NH; Chip Underwood, Brighton, MA; Karen Murray, East Hartford, CT; Linda Kolb, Plano, TX; Jean Stewart, Moon Township, PA; two sisters, Dr. Anita Greene, Amherst, MA; Dr. Mirrless Underwood, Brewster, MA; and nine grandchildren.