Hans-Juergen Underwood:  

Life after high school; I attended Lear Siegler Institute, graduated in the top 10% of my class as an IBM Systems Programmer. On graduation day, I returned to my homeland of Germany for the first time in 13 years. While on vacation in Germany, I was drafted in to US Army. On my return to the states I entered the Army and was sent away for a year and half of intensive training followed by a deployment to Vietnam. It was only 14 years earlier that my family was given the opportunity to leave Germany and immigrate to the United States of America. I was not yet a US citizen but a registered alien, when I was transferred to the Republic of South Vietnam in 1970. I was a kid on a new adventure. During my tours of duty I saw and experienced things that would be with me the rest of my life. When I returned home in 1971 was a no longer an adventurous kid, but combat hardened veteran with no idea what was to come next. In 1972 I began putting my life back together by first becoming a US citizen. I took the oath at the Department of Immigration and naturalization in Baltimore, Md. Later that year I re-entered the United States Army. In 1975 I attended college in Columbia, Mo. I continued my Army career mostly stationed in Germany and retired from the Army 1990. I studied at Florida International University, and University of Maryland, Heidelberg Campus as well as Columbia College, Mo. During my life in Germany I was able to get back to my roots getting to know my German family. I believe it import to know who you are and where you're from. After retiring from the US Army, I was offered a position with the US Government in Heidelberg, Germany as the Information Management Officer. I managed the office in Heidelberg until 1997 when I accepted a job with Loyola University as Manager, Client Systems. I am proud to say that in all of my years away from home, I managed to attend all but one of the Beall High reunions. After 19 years in Germany, we came back to Maryland in July of 1997. We bought a house just north of Baltimore. I am married with 3 children, Anja, Brian, and Christian. Anja is a graduate of Hood College.. She moved to Seattle, Wa. in May of 2001. In June 2008, Anja was accepted to Western Washingon University and began studies for an MBA. In August 2010 she received her MBA. The same year, Anja became a certified project manager. In 2011 Anja and her husband Jake moved back to the east coast to live closer to us. They recently bought a house 4 miles from us. Brian left the Navy in January 2008 to comple...Expand for more