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After the first World War, Seymour served on treaty and territory commissions dealing with Romania, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia and headed the Austro-Hungarian division...
...that time, Seymour said he was making the announcement over a year in advance so that the Yale Corporation may have "ample opportunity for studied consideration in the choice of my successor...
...Seymour himself rose from the ranks; he was Sterling Professor of History, Provost of Yale, and Master of Berkeley College before becoming the 15th president...
Aside from these qualifications for the post, Seymour practically inherited the presidency. An ancestor, Joseph Colt, received an honorary degree at the first Yale commencement in 1702. His great-great-grandfather, Thomas Clap, was president of Yale College from 1740 to 1766. His great-uncle, Jeremiah Day, filled the same office between 1817 and 1846. His grandfather, Nathan P. Seymour, was a graduate of the college, and his father, Thomas Day Seymour, was Hillhouse Professor of Greek Language and Literature...
...Charles Seymour was born in New Haven on January 1, 1885, which brings him to Yale's retirement age of 65 next year. After graduating from Hillhouse High School (which also gave Yale its football captain, Levi Jackson) in 1901, he received a B.A. from Kings College, Cambridge University, England, in 1904. He then came to Yale for four years, getting his B.A. there...