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Raymond Seitz
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
In office
June 25, 1991 – May 10, 1994
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Preceded byHenry E. Catto Jr.
Succeeded byWilliam J. Crowe
Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Canada
In office
August 8, 1989 – April 30, 1991
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byRozanne L. Ridgway
Succeeded byThomas Niles
Personal details
Born (1940-12-08) December 8, 1940 (age 83)
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii
(now State of Hawaii)
Parent
Alma materYale University (BA)
ProfessionDiplomat

Raymond George Hardenbergh Seitz (born December 8, 1940)[1] is a former career diplomat and U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 8, 1940. He is the son of United States Army Major General John F. R. Seitz (d. 1978) and Helen (Hardenbergh) Seitz (d. 1953).

He graduated from Yale University in 1963 with a BA in history, following which he spent two years teaching in Dallas, Texas. He joined the US Foreign Service in 1966. He was the first career diplomat in modern history to be made Ambassador to the UK – the post is usually given to a political appointee.

Career

Seitz was a member of the Founding Council of the Rothermere American Institute at Oxford University.

Retirement

Since retiring from the foreign service, Seitz has held numerous directorships, governorships, and trusteeships. He was Senior Managing Director at Lehman Brothers International from 1995–1996, and Vice-Chairman from 1996–2003. He has held non-executive directorships on the boards of British Airways, Hong Kong Telecom, Marconi, General Electric Co, Rio Tinto Group and Cable & Wireless. As of November 2004, he is currently on the boards of the Chubb Group, PCCW, and Hollinger International.

He was a trustee of the National Gallery between 1996 and 2001 and was a member of the Founding Council of the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford. He is a current governor of the Ditchley Foundation.

He is a former trustee of the Royal Academy of Arts and the World Monuments Fund. He is a former member of the Advisory Council of the Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.

He is married with three children.

Honorary degrees

Seitz has received a number of honorary degrees, among them:

He has also received honorary degrees from the universities of Buckingham, Royal Holloway, Leeds, and the Open University.

Awards

Publications

Seitz has written several articles for the Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph, The Times and The Literary Review, as well as broadcasting several essays for the BBC. He published his first book, Over Here in 1998, an autobiographical review of his time as ambassador and life in the UK.

Notes

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  1. ^ Contemporary Authors: A Bio-bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television and Other Fields. 1999. ISBN 9780787626747.
  2. ^ "Honorary Graduates 1989 to present". bath.ac.uk. University of Bath. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh: Honorary Graduates". www1.hw.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
Government offices Preceded byRozanne L. Ridgway Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs August 8, 1989 – April 30, 1991 Succeeded byThomas Niles Diplomatic posts Preceded byHenry Catto U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1991–1994 Succeeded byWilliam J. Crowe, Jr.
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