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Unterberger related how she became close to the first [[African-American]] student who attended her class in 1969: "He came to see me in tears one day saying that on his dormitory room was a big sign that said 'N--- Go Home!' I took him under my wing. I tried to have students understand one another. The only thing that makes us different is our backgrounds, experience, and differences in cultures."<ref name=battalion/> By 1976, TAMU had elected its first black student body president, Fred McClure.<ref name=battalion/> She also invited her students on occasion for social gatherings at her home.​

Unterberger related how she became close to the first [[African-American]] student who attended her class in 1969: "He came to see me in tears one day saying that on his dormitory room was a big sign that said 'N--- Go Home!' I took him under my wing. I tried to have students understand one another. The only thing that makes us different is our backgrounds, experience, and differences in cultures."<ref name=battalion/> By 1976, TAMU had elected its first black student body president, Fred McClure.<ref name=battalion/> She also invited her students on occasion for social gatherings at her home.​

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From January to August 1979, Unterberger was a [[Woodrow Wilson]] Fellow at [[Princeton University]] in Princeton, [[New Jersey]]. From the late 1980s on, she was a frequent visiting professor, teaching at the [[University of California, Irvine]] in 1987, at [[Peking University]]'s Institute of International Relations in [[Beijing]] in 1988, and at [[Prague]]'s Charles University in 1992. In 1991, she was appointed Patricia and Bookman Peters Professor of History at Texas A&M, and in 2000 was elevated to Regents professor of the TAMU System.<ref name=bmuvita/>​

From January to August 1979, Unterberger was a [[Woodrow Wilson]] Fellow at [[Princeton University]] in Princeton, [[New Jersey]]. From the late 1980s on, she was a frequent visiting professor, teaching at the University of California, Irvine in 1987, at Peking University's Institute of International Relations in [[Beijing]] in 1988, and at [[Prague]]'s Charles University in 1992. In 1991, she was appointed Patricia and Bookman Peters Professor of History at Texas A&M, and in 2000 was elevated to Regents professor of the TAMU System.<ref name=bmuvita/>​

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A high point of Unterberger's career was her election in 1986 as president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, an organization 99 percent male founded in 1967. She won the post over Professor Robert Dallek.<ref name=oah/> Toward the end of her career, she developed an interest in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]], particularly the work of Pandurang Shastri Athavale,  the founder of the Swadhyay Movement. According to Unterberger, Swadhyay "liberated millions from poverty and moral dissipation." In 1997, she successfully nominated Athavale for the $1.3 million Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.<ref name=oah/>​

A high point of Unterberger's career was her election in 1986 as president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, an organization 99 percent male founded in 1967. She won the post over Professor Robert Dallek.<ref name=oah/> Toward the end of her career, she developed an interest in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]], particularly the work of Pandurang Shastri Athavale,  the founder of the Swadhyay Movement. According to Unterberger, Swadhyay "liberated millions from poverty and moral dissipation." In 1997, she successfully nominated Athavale for the $1.3 million Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.<ref name=oah/>​

In 2004, the Betty M. Unterberger Dissertation Prize was established by the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations in her honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shafr.org/members/prizes/|title=Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations prizes|publisher=Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations|accessdate=October 23, 2010}}</ref> The prize, awarded biannually in the amount of $1,000, recognizes distinguished research and writing by graduate students in the field of diplomatic history. It has been awarded since 2005 in odd years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shafr.org/content/betty-m-unterberger-dissertation-prize|title=The Betty M. Unterberger Dissertation Prize|publisher=The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations|accessdate=May 22, 2015}}</ref>​

In 2004, the Betty M. Unterberger Dissertation Prize was established by the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations in her honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shafr.org/members/prizes/|title=Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations prizes|publisher=Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations|accessdate=October 23, 2010}}</ref> The prize, awarded biannually in the amount of $1,000, recognizes distinguished research and writing by graduate students in the field of diplomatic history. It has been awarded since 2005 in odd years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shafr.org/content/betty-m-unterberger-dissertation-prize|title=The Betty M. Unterberger Dissertation Prize|publisher=The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations|accessdate=May 22, 2015}}</ref>​

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==Personal life==

==Personal life==

Robert Unterberger also held a Ph.D. from Duke University. Howard Mumford Jones, Unterberger's Harvard graduate school advisor, had urged her to marry Robert. At first reluctant, she consented after being stricken by [[influenza]]. Robert Unterberger served in both [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]]. He was severely injured when his jeep blew up in the [[Philippines]] two days after the official end of World War II.<ref name=oah/> The Unterbergers were the parents of Glen Alan Unterberger (1951–1978), the Reverend Dr. Gail L. Unterberger (born 1952), the wife of Randall Adams, and Gregg R. Unterberger (born 1958).<ref name=bmuo/> Howard Jones had much impact on Unterberger, having introduced her to the technical advantages of having a dictaphone in her historical writing.<ref name=oah/>​

Robert Unterberger also held a Ph.D. from Duke University. Howard Mumford Jones, Unterberger's Harvard graduate school advisor, had urged her to marry Robert. At first reluctant, she consented after being stricken by [[influenza]]. Robert Unterberger served in both [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]]. He was severely injured when his jeep blew up in the [[Philippines]] two days after the official end of World War II.<ref name=oah/> The Unterbergers were the parents of Glen Alan Unterberger (1951–1978), the Reverend Dr. Gail L. Unterberger (born 1952), the wife of Randall Adams, and Gregg R. Unterberger (born 1958).<ref name=bmuo/> Howard Jones had much impact on Unterberger, having introduced her to the technical advantages of having a dictaphone in her historical writing.<ref name=oah/>​