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: Honorary Doctor of Public Administration, The American International University in London (Richmond), 1992 Honorary Doctor of Laws, Reading University (UK), 1992 Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Bath (UK), 1993 Honorary Doctor of Civil Law, University of Durham (UK), 1994 Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in November 1994 Honorary Doctor of Laws, Leicester University (UK), 23 July 1999 Honorary Doctor of Civil Law, University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK), 13 October 1999 He has also received honorary degrees from the universities of Buckingham, Royal Holloway, Leeds, and the Open University. Awards 1999: Awarded the Churchill Medal of Honour by the English-Speaking Union. 1999: Became the first American citizen ever to be awarded the Freedom of the City of London. 2001: Elected as an Honorary Freeman of the Merchant Taylors' Company. 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 1940 births Living people People from Honolulu Ambassadors of the United States to the United Kingdom United States Foreign Service personnel 20th-century American diplomats