Dr. '''Frederick Seitz''' was born in San Francisco on July 4, 1911.
''Education'':
*1932 Bachelor's degree from Stanford University (mathematics)
*1934 Ph.D. from Princeton University (physics)
''Former Postions'':
*1946-1947 director of the training program on peaceful uses of atomic energy at [[Oak Ridge National Laboratory]] (ORNL)
*1949-1968 professor of physics at the University of Illinois
*1957-1964 department head at the University of Illinois
*1964-1965 Graduate College dean at the University of Illinois
*1962-1969 president of the National Academy of Sciences
*1968-1978 president of Rockefeller University
*Former Member of Advisory Council, [[National Strategy Information Center]] (1984 at least) Frederick Seitz was one of the scientists that signed in 1995 the [[Leipzig Declaration on Global Climate Change]].
''Current Positions'':
*chairman of [[Science and Environmental Policy Project]] (SEPP)
*member of the [[Risk Policy Center]] [http://www.oism.org/ddp/ddpnews/ddpmar01.htm]
*Council member of the [[Environmental Literacy Council]]
*member of the National Advisory Board of [[Accuracy in Media]]
*member of the Board of Directors and Chairman Emeritus of the [[George C. Marshall Institute]]
*President Emeritus of Rockefeller University
==Books==
*Frederick Seitz ,"Modern Theory of Solids", ''McGraw-Hill, NY'', 1940, (reprint ''Dover Publications'', 1987: ISBN 0486654826)
*[[Wolfgang Thüne|W. Thüne]], [[S. Fred Singer|F. Singer]], F. Seitz, [[Helmut Metzner]], "Treibhaus-Kontroverse und Ozon-Problem : Symposium der Europäischen Akademie für Umweltfragen Leipzig 9.-10. November 1995", ''Böttiger'', 1996, ISBN 3925725296
*[[S. Fred Singer]], Frederick Seitz , "Hot Talk Cold Science: Global Warming's Unfinished Debate", ''[[The Independent Institute]]'', December 1, 1998, ISBN 094599978X
==Related Links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Seitz Frederick Seitz], ''Wikipedia''
*[http://www7.nationalacademies.org/archives/Presidents_and_Chairmen.html Presidents of the Academies/Chairmen of the Research Council], ''National Academy of Sciences''
*[http://web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/uaccard/UAControlCard.asp?RG=11&SG=10&RS=23 University of Illinois Archives Holdings, Frederick Seitz Papers, 1935-1965], ''University of Illinois''