Terence A. Todman, an International Consultant, is a retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer who holds 
the personal rank of Career Ambassador, a life-time title. He was Ambassador to Argentina (1989-93), 
Ambassador to Denmark (1983-89), Ambassador to Spain (1978-83), Ambassador to Costa Rica 
(1975-77), Ambassador to Guinea (1972-75) and Ambassador to Chad (1969-72). In 1977-78 he was 
Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. He retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in 
1993.
Earlier in his career, Ambassador Todman served as Director of the Office of East African Affairs in the 
Department of State (1968-69), Deputy Chief of Mission 
and Charge d’Affaires in Lome, Togo (1965-68); Political 
Officer in Tunis, Tunisia (1961-64); Arabic Language and 
Area Specialist training in Beirut, Lebanon (1960-61); Po­
litical Officer in New Delhi, India (1957-59); Advisor to U.S. 
Delegations to the United Nations General Assembly and 
U.S. Representative on various United Nations Trusteeship 
Council committees (1954-57); U.S. Government Intern 
on the U.N. Secretariat (1954) and Desk Officer for India-
Ceylon Nepal Affairs (1952-54). He served in the U.S. Army 
(1945-49) including a two-year tour as a commissioned 
officer in Japan.
Since his retirement, Ambassador Todman has served on 
Foreign Service Selection Boards to consider and recom­
mend the promotion of the most senior Foreign Service Of­
ficers. He served on the Accountability Review Board which 
investigated the terrorist bombings of U.S. embassies in 
East Africa. In 2003 he was Special Envoy of the Organization of American States to promote dialog in 
Haiti. He served for four years as Advisor to the Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. He was a National 
Co-Chairman of the Ralph J. Bunche Centenary Commemoration Committee.
Ambassador Todman is on the Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy, the 
Phelps Stokes Fund, the Constituency for Africa, the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, 
the American Academy of Diplomacy and the Atlantic Council of the U.S. He is a Fellow of the National 
Academy of Public Administration and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Washington 
Institute of Foreign Affairs, the American Foreign Service Association, the Association of Black Ameri­
can Ambassadors, the Black Professionals in International Affairs, the Thursday Luncheon Group and 
the Ambassadors Club. 
Ambassador Todman has received the Presidential Distinguished Service Award, the National Public 
Service Award, the Public Diplomacy Award, the Department of State Superior Service Honor Award, 
the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award and the Department of State Director General’s 
Cup. A special ceremony was held in his honor in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Congress. He has been 
decorated by the governments of Argentina, Chad, Denmark, Spain and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He has 
been inducted into the Hall of Fame of the U.S. Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia 
Ambassador Todman was born and raised in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. He received a B.A. 
Summa Cum Laude from Inter-American University, Puerto Rico, an M.P.A. from Syracuse University 
in New York and has done further graduate studies at American University in Washington, D.C. He 
holds honorary doctorate degrees from Colgate, Syracuse, Morgan State and Boston Universities. He 
served for more than 20 years on the Board of Trustees of the University of the Virgin Islands and has 
been a member of Advisory Boards of Duke, Georgetown and Syracuse Universities.
Ambassador Todman is married to the former Doris Weston of St. Thomas, V.I. Their four children – 
Terence, Jr., Patricia, Kathryn and Michael – are pursuing their own careers.
The Honorable Terence A. Todman
Honorary Doctorate
The Honorable Terence A. Todman
Forty-Ninth Annual
Commencement
ST. THOMAS
Saturday, the Eleventh of May
Two Thousand and Thirteen
Seven O’Clock in the Evening
Sports and Fitness Center
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
ST. CROIX
Sunday, the Twelfth of May
Two Thousand and Thirteen
Half after Four O’Clock in the Afternoon
Campus Grounds
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands