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[[Duke University]]<br>Radcliffe College<br>Syracuse Universit

[[Duke University]]<br>Radcliffe College<br>Syracuse Universit

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'''Betty Miller Unterberger''' (December 27, 1922 &ndash; May 15, 2012)<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theeagle/obituary.aspx?n=betty-unteberger-miller&pid=157661411|title=Betty (Miller) Unterberger obituary|publisher=''Bryan-College Station Eagle''|accessdate=May 17, 2012; text of obituary no longer on-line}}</ref> was a diplomatic historian, who as [[professor]] of American international relations spent the bulk of her extensive academic career at [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], [[Texas]]. In 1968, she became the first woman employed as a full [[professor]] on the faculty of the formerly all-male institution, where she remained until her retirement in 2004, at the age of 81.<ref name=oah>{{cite web|url=http://www.oah.org/pubs/nl/2005aug/formwalt.html|author=Lee W. Formwalt|title=From Scotland to India: A Conversation with American Historian Betty Unterberger|date=August 2005|publisher=Organization of American Historians|accessdate=October 23, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

'''Betty Miller Unterberger''' (December 27, 1922 &ndash; May 15, 2012)<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theeagle/obituary.aspx?n=betty-unteberger-miller&pid=157661411|title=Betty (Miller) Unterberger obituary|publisher=''Bryan-College Station Eagle''|accessdate=May 17, 2012; text of obituary no longer on-line}}</ref> was a diplomatic historian, who as [[professor]] of American international relations spent the bulk of her extensive academic career at [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], [[Texas]]. In 1968, she became the first woman employed as a full [[professor]] on the faculty of the formerly all-male institution, where she remained until her retirement in 2004, at the age of 81.<ref name=oah>{{cite web|url=http://www.oah.org/pubs/nl/2005aug/formwalt.html|author=Lee W. Formwalt|title=From Scotland to India: A Conversation with American Historian Betty Unterberger|date=August 2005|publisher=Organization of American Historians|accessdate=October 23, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

At Duke, Unterberger enrolled in a seminar with Professor Charles Sydnor. She wrote a paper on Thomas Braidwood of Scotland and the origin of schools for the hearing impaired.<ref name=oah/> This article, "The First Attempt to Establish an Oral School for the Deaf and Dumb in the United States," was published in 1947 in ''The Journal of Southern History'' and became the first of her many publications.<ref>Betty Miller Unterberger, "The First Attempt to Establish an Oral School for the Deaf and Dumb in the United States," ''The Journal of Southern History,'' Vol. XIII (November, 1947), pp. 556-566.</ref> This was a  much different topic than her later writings, the majority of which focus on foreign policy.​

At Duke, Unterberger enrolled in a seminar with Professor Charles Sydnor. She wrote a paper on Thomas Braidwood of Scotland and the origin of schools for the hearing impaired.<ref name=oah/> This article, "The First Attempt to Establish an Oral School for the Deaf and Dumb in the United States," was published in 1947 in ''The Journal of Southern History'' and became the first of her many publications.<ref>Betty Miller Unterberger, "The First Attempt to Establish an Oral School for the Deaf and Dumb in the United States," ''The Journal of Southern History,'' Vol. XIII (November, 1947), pp. 556-566.</ref> This was a  much different topic than her later writings, the majority of which focus on foreign policy.​

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==Academic career==

==Academic career==

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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 15, 2019}}</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 15, 2019}}</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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==References==

==References==

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