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In 1988, Dr. Seitz was named Dean of the Moody College of Marine Technology where he oversaw a major expansion of research faculty at the campus. He also (at the same time) began the formal continuing education program at TAMUG. He used the Center for Marine Training and Safety as a mechanism to develop maritime training programs for industry taught by TAMUG faculty and others. This program grew rapidly in just two years with revenues exceeding $1 million. To support this growth, Dr. Seitz (working with President Merrell and Dean Schmidly) worked to persuade the TAMU Board of Regents to purchase the Bayou Campus. That campus now continues to house the Center for Marine Training and Safety (operated by TEEX today) and the sailing programs. In 1992, TAMUG was reorganized and became a part of the College of Geosciences and Maritime Studies under the leadership of Dr. David Schmidly – currently president of Oklahoma State University and former president of Texas Tech University. Dr. Seitz continued to supervise continuing education and served as Interim Associate Dean for Research. In 1996, Dr. Seitz took a faculty development leave and joined the Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment in Washington, DC as a Senior Fellow. At the center he developed the computational support center and was significantly involved with a major federally supported study of the effects of erosion on FEMA’s flood insurance program. Results from that study later proved instrumental in the development of Texas’s erosion mitigation efforts after Dr. Seitz worked with the GLO, the West End Property Owners Association of Galveston, and others to highlight the erosion threat to the legislature. After returning from Washington in 1998, Dr. Seitz continued his research program which has resulted in over 90 publications in refereed journals. In 2000, he was asked to serve as Interim Head of the General Academics Department that had suffered a series of problems. In two years, the tenure track faculty doubled in size following a grueling series of interviews, and a permanent Department Head was recruited. In 2002, he again became Head of the Marine Sciences Department with responsibility for over 45 faculty and staff and with a budget of more than $1.4 million. He continues in that roll today. Dr. Seitz has most recently increased his activity in the community. In 2003 he began serving as a founding member of the board of the Galveston Independent School District Education Foundation and is also the President of Sunshine Center, Inc. that provides day services for mentally retarded adults. In 2006, he was named a Regents Professor of Texas A&M University System. He also began a new administrative appointment as the Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies. Dr. Seitz is married to Patsy and has two daughters, Erin and Emily.
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At TAMUG, Dr. Seitz also co-sponsored the sailing
program and was instrumental in developing a number of student traditions – most
notably the Maritime Ball. The sailing program is now the largest club at the
University and has competed in (and won) numerous regional and national
intercollegiate sailing events.