Harry Underwood passed away recently due to complications with cancer. Harry was a long time site coordinator with IRM and then a supervisor for TVA at Browns Ferry.
I worked for Harry at North Anna. He was a great guy.
I also worked for Harry at North Anna. He will be missed.
Harry was site coordinator at Calvert in 1984 where I worked as a dosimetry clerk. He gave me one of the best recommendtions of my life. Go to the IRM school. I did in the fall of 1984 and it has paid off tremendously. Best $2000.00 dollar investment I've made. Thank's for recommending an interesting career.
I am very sad to hear about Harry as I have known him a long time . He and I were in the same Radcon training class at Newport News Shipyard way back in 1966 . I still remember the laughs and good times we had at the Yard.
God bless his Family
Joe Davis (Papa Joe)
Sure hate to hear that about Harry. I was site Coordinator at Calvert Cliffs in early 80's and Harry worked for me. I still remember the truck wreck he had where there was a perfect imprint of his face in the broken windshield. The term '"gentle giant" applied to Harry in those days.
I worked with Harry at Browns Ferry, he was site coordinator for IRM. He was a big guy more ways than one. One thing for sure he certainly looked out for the techs. Harry will truly be missed.
God Bless His Family
wglewallen
He was my first site coordinator at Calvert Cliffs. May he rest in peace.
I remember Harry from Calvert many years ago. My first contact with him was his head floating in over a set of lockers in the RadPro office as he walked in, he definately had a presence and was part of the color of the business. His is one of the names I have heard many times when reminiscing about old outages.
I was close friends with Harry at Calvert Cliffs during the early 80s. I have many fond memories of late night poker games and drinks being poured (or drank) from mason jars... fuzzy memories, but fond. I think of him when I hear Jimmy Buffett do 'God's Own Drunk' and he talks about Brother Bear being 'a great big Kodiak fellow with island size paws'... that was Harry. He was indeed a gentle giant. One memory that stands out was watching him use those paws to put a band-aid on my girlfriend's finger. It was almost comical but carried a lot of insight into Harry. Another was his remedy for the flu... "drink a fifth of Jack Daniels every half hour until you feel better."
He was a good friend to have (you DEFINITELY wanted him on your side) and I will miss him.
What many of you may not know is that Harry had gotten out of the business several years ago and became a Baptist preacher. As you would expect, he was quite good at it. And he had to come up with a new remedy for the flu <g>.