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==Personal life==
 
==Personal life==
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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/>​
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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/>
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Both Robert and Betty Unterberger were [[cancer]] survivors. He overcame [[prostate cancer]].<ref name=robertr/> She endured four surgeries between 1950 and 1964.<ref name=oah/> The couple resided in College Station, where she died at the age of 89; he at 94, in 2016. There were memorial services for both in 2012 and 2016, respectively, at the All Faith Chapel on the Texas A&M campus. Both were [[Cremation|cremated]].<ref name=obit/><ref name=robertr/>​
 
Both Robert and Betty Unterberger were [[cancer]] survivors. He overcame [[prostate cancer]].<ref name=robertr/> She endured four surgeries between 1950 and 1964.<ref name=oah/> The couple resided in College Station, where she died at the age of 89; he at 94, in 2016. There were memorial services for both in 2012 and 2016, respectively, at the All Faith Chapel on the Texas A&M campus. Both were [[Cremation|cremated]].<ref name=obit/><ref name=robertr/>​
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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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