Guest Lecturer Ambassador (ret.)
Chase Untermeyer
“U.S. Foreign Policy and Government Careers”
Host Professor: Renato Davia, M.A., (International Macroeconomics 2301)
Monday, October 22
11:00 a.m. in N-103
Ambassador (ret.) Chase Untermeyer Open to all students, faculty and staff. We invite faculty to
bring their students to this lecture.
A graduate of Harvard College with honors in
government, he served during the Vietnam Ambassador (ret.) Untermeyer will discuss the making of U.S.
War as an officer in the United States Navy foreign policy, a colorful review of the State Department’s
and as an aide to the commander of US naval inner workings and an insider’s advice on career paths and
forces in the Philippines. opportunities with the government, federal and local. The
lecture will:
The Ambassador’s illustrious political career
began as an elected member of the Texas 1. Complement academic instruction with International
House of Representatives for a district in Economics
Houston and then executive assistant to Vice
President Bush in 1981. He served two U.S. 2. Co-opt faculty, students and instruction of related
Presidents, first President Reagan as the disciplines into the foreign affairs element of
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for American policy.
Manpower & Reserve Affairs and President
George H.W. as the White House Director of 3. Explore public career opportunities to offer students
Presidential Personnel and in 1991 was alternatives to private sector employment.
appointed Director of the Voice of America.
Program supported by the
Ambassador Untermeyer is currently a Center for Leadership, Academic and Student Success,
member of the Council on Foreign Relations
and chairman of the Houston Committee on HSI Title V Grant Initiative
Foreign Relations. He is the author of three
volumes of diary-based memoirs of the
Reagan and first Bush administrations, and
his most recent book is “How Important
People Act.”
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Contact: René G. Arnold
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for more information.