Raymond Seitz | |
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United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom | |
In office June 25, 1991 – May 10, 1994 | |
President | George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Henry E. Catto Jr. |
Succeeded by | William J. Crowe |
15th Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs | |
In office August 8, 1989 – April 30, 1991 | |
President | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Rozanne L. Ridgway |
Succeeded by | Thomas Niles |
Personal details | |
Born | Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii (now State of Hawaii) | December 8, 1940
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Alma mater | Yale University (BA) |
Profession | Diplomat |
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.