Wrestler, coach. Born: November 4, 1903, in Weatherford, Okla. Parents: William Arnold and Anna (Schoonmaker) Umbach. Married: Lucile Irene Cox, April 24, 1931. Children: Two. Education: Oklahoma Southwestern State University, B.S., 1927; Northern Colorado University, M.S., 1940. Taught high school in Oklahoma, 1927-1941; William and Mary College, 1941-1944; Auburn University, 1944-1973. Participated in football and wrestling in high schools; coached eight state high school wrestling champions. Won 83% of high school football games he coached; won the Oklahoma State Championship in football, 1931. Started first wrestling in the Deep South at Auburn University, 1946. Founded Southeastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association; President of National Wrestling Coaches Association. Started Little League Baseball in Alabama. Named to the Sports Hall of Fame of Southwestern Oklahoma State University and to the United States Wrestling Federation's National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Source: Arnold W. Umbach.

Author: Successful Wrestling: Its Bases and Problems. St. Louis: Mosby, 1953.

Joint Author: Wrestling. Chicago: Athletic Institute, 1961.

Wrestling. Dubuque, Iowa: W. C. Brown, 1966.

UNDERWOOD, OSCAR WILDER 1862-1929

Lawyer, legislator. Born: May 6, 1862, in Louisville, Ky. Parents: Eugene and Frederica Virginia Underwood. Married: Eugenia Morris, October 8, 1904. Children: Two. Married: Bertha Woodward. Education: Rugby School, Louisville, Ky.; University of Virginia. Admitted to the bar 1884. Chairman, Democratic Executive Committee of the 9th District, Alabama, and Chairman, Democratic Campaign Committee which adopted the Constitution of Alabama. Member: U.S. House of Representatives, 54th-63rd Congresses, 1895-1915, Leader of the House, Chairman, Ways and Means Committee, 62nd-63rd Congresses. Member: U.S. Senate, 1915-1927, Democratic Leader of the Senate, 1920. He was one of the leading contenders for the presidential nomination at the Democratic National Conventions in 1912 and 1924 and one of four delegates to the International Conference on Limitation of Armaments, 1921-1922. Member: International (Peace) Commission between the United States and France, September, 1927.

Source: National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 21; Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1; Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. 10 (1936).

Author: Drifting Sands of Party Politics. New York: Century, 1928.

UNGERMANN, KENNETH ARMISTEAD, 1916-

Journalist, Born: October 23, 1916, Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Charles Henry and Elizabeth G. (Armistead) Ungermann. Married: Judith B. Ponsonby, December 20, 1951. Children: Three. Education: Phillips Academy, 1931-1932; high school in Bronxville, N.Y. Chevrolet dealership in Oyster Bay, N.Y., 1938- 1942. American Field Service Subsection Leader in North Africa, 1941-1942; bomber pilot, U.S. Army Air Force (flew 32 missions), 1942-1945. Owner, El Mesquital guest ranch, Tuscon, Ariz., 1945- 1948. Correspondent, International News Service, 1950-1955; managing editor, Florida Business Letter, 1955-1957; sold radio advertising in Alaska; fished for salmon commercially in Bristol Bay.

Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 9R.

Author: The Race to Nome. New York: Harper & Row, 1963.