Recipients of the Underwood Memorial Lecture Award emulate Dean Underwood's values and exhibit excellence in instruction and a genuine, humanistic concern for students, faculty, staff – and all of education.
As part of Cindy Campbell's lecture as the 41st recipient of the David L. Underwood Memorial Lecture Award during Service Week 2016, she included a .ppt presentation listing each of the recipients to date, she dubbed the group "The Underwood Club."