My fascinating and accomplished family
Jill Underhill, my beloved wife (but not actually my cousin or sister! She took my middle name when we got married - it sounds better.) runs the Jill Underhill Gallery and works hard to keep me sane, grounded, connected and inspired. She has been my rock on which I've been able to stand. I couldn't have got where I am today without her.
Sarah Underhill Wisseman, my cousin, has a Ph.D in Archaeology and writes mystery novels set in an archaeological context. Her latest book is The Dead Sea Codex - if you like mysteries, you'll love this book. Her second book is titled, Bound For Eternity and is based upon her first book (non-fiction), The Virtual Mummy.
Charlie Wisseman is Sarah's husband, a just-retired M.D., who has been making incredible art boxes for 40 years. Someone really needs to do a book about his work. Charlie's boxes are very unique, original and one-of-a-kind.
Nicholas Underhill is also my cousin, an accomplished musician and pianist, with several CDs to his credit.
Mary Kay Fink is the wife of Nicholas Underhill and plays first piccolo and second flute with the world-renowned Cleveland Orchestra.
Paco Underhill is my cousin who owns and runs the multi-national business consulting company Envirosell, Inc. He's been featured on 48 Hours with Dan Rather, numerous times on NPR, The New Yorker, etc. and has written two best-selling books which you can buy on Amazon - Why We Buy and The Call of the Mall.
Uncle Francis Underhill was in the United States Diplomatic Corp for 30+ years, including high level postings to Spain, Portugal, Poland, and numerous other locations. He served as the United States Ambassador to Malaysia, the Phillippines and South Korea.
Uncle Tom Underhill, the great raconteur, lawyer, carpe diemist and mystery book lover, just had his own mystery novel published , The Cambridge Caper.
(I lived with Tom, Tom's wife Carly, Nick, Sally and Paco
during a very happy time in Weston, Massachusetts in the the '60s.)
Scott
Searles, Jr. is my dad, a retired professor and research chemist, author of several chemistry books and now
very busy with the Quakers.
Betsey Means, my cousin in-law (her mother married my uncle), is an accomplished voice-actress, a prolific writer and a Chicago-based actress who has created three one-act plays celebrating the lives of Mother Jones, Mary Kingsley and Gertrude Bell.
