    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [March 13, 1991]
    [Pages 253-254]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Nomination of Raymond G.H. Seitz To Be United States Ambassador to the
    United Kingdom
    March 13, 1991

        The President today announced his intention to nominate Raymond G.H.
    Seitz, of Texas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to
    the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He would
    succeed Henry E. Catto.
        Since 1989, Mr. Seitz has served as Assistant
    Secretary of State for European and Ca- nadian Affairs at
    the Department of State in Washington, DC. From 1984 to 1989, Mr.
    Seitz served as Minister at the U.S. Embassy in London, England. Prior
    to this, he served at the Department of State as: Executive Assistant to
    the Secretary of State, 1982-1984; Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary for
    Public Affairs, 1981-1982; and Deputy Executive Secretary, 1979-1981. In
    addition, Mr. Seitz has served as a political officer at the U.S.
    Embassy in London. From 1972 to 1975, Mr. Seitz served with the State
    Department in Washington, DC, as staff officer and director of the
    secretariat staff, and special assistant to the Director General of the
    Foreign Service. Mr. Seitz has also

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    served as principal officer at the U.S. Embassy in Bukavu, Zaire, 1970-
    1972; political officer in Nairobi, Kenya, and vice consul to the
    Seychelles, 1968-1970; and as consular officer in Montreal, Canada,
    1966-1968. Mr. Seitz joined the Foreign Service in 1966.
        Mr. Seitz graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1963). He was born
    December 8, 1940, in Honolulu, HI. Mr. Seitz is married, has three
    children, and resides in Washington, DC.