Raymond G. H. Seitz

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
15th Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs
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.

  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.