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Robert Anacletus Underwood (born July 13, 1948) was a Delegate from
Guam to the United States House of Representatives.
Underwood was born in Tamuning, Guam, and attended California State
University, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California. He
became a high school teacher on the American mainland, and he then
served an instructor at the University of Guam from 1976 to 1983.
Underwood was director of bilingual education assistance for Micronesia
until 1988 and Academic Vice President of the University of Guam until
1992. Underwood was elected as a Democratic Delegate to the United
States House of Representatives, serving from January 3, 1993 to January
3, 2003. He left the House in 2003 after an unsuccessful 2002 run for
Governor of Guam against Republican Felix Camacho.
NPIEN salutes Congressman Underwood for his vision in sponsoring the
first Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander Higher Education Summit in
Washington D.C. in 2001. This gathering of educators from throughout the
nation and the Pacific served as the springboard to form NPIEN.
Congressman Underwood remains one of our most important supporters.
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