{{Short description|American ambassador}} {{Use mdy dates|date = February 2019}} {{Use American English|date = February 2019}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Robert A. Seiple | image = 2023 The International Religious Freedom Act at 25 - 5362438.jpg | alt = Seiple, from the waist up, sitting down in front of a blue background | caption = Seiple in 2023 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|12|6}} | birth_place = Harmony Township, New Jersey, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | player_sport1 = | player_years2 = | player_team2 = | player_positions = | coach_sport1 = | coach_years2 = | coach_team2 = | admin_years1 = 1975–1979 | admin_team1 = Brown | overall_record = | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = | module = {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | name = Robert A. Seiple | image = | office = 1st United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom | president = Bill Clinton | term_start = 1999 | term_end = 2001 | predecessor = Position established | successor = John Hanford }} }}
'''Robert A. Seiple''' (born December 6, 1942) is an American non-profit executive, former military officer, university administrator, and diplomat. He served as the athletic director at Brown University from 1975 to 1979. Seiple was president of Eastern College, now known as Eastern University, in St. Davids, Pennsylvania and Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, now known as Palmer Theological Seminary, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania from 1983 to 1987. In December 1986, he was named president of World Vision International,<ref>{{cite news |last=Chandler |first=Russell |date=December 13, 1986 |title=New World Vision President Named: Robert A. Seiple, 44, Will Replace Ted W. Engstrom, 70 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-13-me-2685-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=April 9, 2016 }}</ref> serving from 1987 to 1998.<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1998/june15/8t7049.html | title = De-Seiple-ing World Vision | magazine = Christianity Today | date = June 15, 1998 | access-date = July 17, 2018}}</ref> Seiple served as the first United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom from 1999 to 2001, and was succeeded by John Hanford.
==Early life== Seiple joined the United States Marine Corps as an officer and flew combat missions as a pilot during the Vietnam War.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
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