Benton J. Underwood (February 28, 1915 – November 29, 1994) was an American psychologist.
[1][2][3] Underwood was chairman of the department of psychology at Northwestern University,[1] a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
[3] Chicago Tribune called Underwood "a leading expert from the 1940s to the 1980s on verbal learning and memory".
[1] American Psychological Association called him "a preeminent leader in the development of research on the acquisition and retention of verbal material".
[3] Among the list of his many remarkable students was Sarnoff A. Mednick who pioneered the High-Risk for schizophrenia paradigm in 1962.