Mr. Seidman was President Ford's Assistant for Economic Affairs from 1974 to 1977. In this role he helped develop a series of proposals in deregulation of transportation and other industries. He served President Reagan as co-chair of the White House Conference on Productivity in 1983 and 1984.
On the business side of his career, Seidman was Vice-Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of the Phelps Dodge Corporation (a Fortune 500 company) from 1977 to 1982. He was a Director of Phelps Dodge, Prudential-Bache Funds, Catalyst Energy Development Corporation, The Conference Board and United Bancorp of Arizona.
Mr. Seidman was managing partner of Seidman and Seidman, Certified Public Accountants (now BDO Seidman), New York, New York, from 1968 to 1974. Under his stewardship, the firm expanded from a small family enterprise to become the eighth largest public accounting firm in the nation. Mr. Seidman also served as Chairman (1970) and Director of the Detroit Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago from 1966 to 1970.
As an educator, he is known as the father of the Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI. Grand Valley State is a state university with 12,000 students. He is also the founder of The Washington Campus, a consortium of 15 universities organized to help students and corporate executives understand operations of the White House, the Congress and the regulatory agencies.
Seidman is the author of two books: Productivity: The American Advantage and Full Faith and Credit. He holds an A.B. from Dartmouth (Phi Beta Kappa), an LL.B from Harvard Law School, and is an honors graduate with an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. He served in the United States Navy from 1942-1946 earning battle stars and the Bronze Star Medal.
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