The Foreign Service Journal, November 2014

88 NOVEMBER 2014 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL since 2010, after moving fromColorado and Chevy Chase, Md. Mrs. Sherman is survived by her hus- band, George, of Chelsea; four children: Deborah (Sarah Drury) Sherman of Brook- lyn, N.Y.; Beth (KarenHawver) Sherman of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Justin (Junko Onishi) Sherman of Washington, D.C.; and Andrew (Danielle Epstein) Sherman of San Fran- cisco, Calif.; three grandchildren: Emma, Benjamin and Solomon; one sister, Marie Roberts of Lexington, Mass.; and two broth- ers: Paul Woodberry of Sea Island, Ga., and Robert Woodberry of Walnut Creek, Calif. Memorial contributions may bemade to the Arbor Hospice Foundation, 40500 Ann Arbor Road E., Suite 102, Plymouth MI 48170, or to the Silver Maples Memo- rial Garden Fund, 100 Silver Maples Drive, ChelseaMI 48118. between Havana andWashington. In Spain, he was a key negotiator for that country’s accession to NATO. In Argentina, he was instrumental in shoring up American business and trade. In 1990, Amb. Todman was awarded the title “career ambassador,” the State Department’s highest rank. Amb. Todman was a harbinger of progressive change and helped pave the way for minorities in the department. For years he was the highest- ranking African-American in the Foreign Service. In a memorial statement, Secretary of State John Kerry said Amb. Todman “was known for his outspokenness and his advocacy for equality during a time of segregation, when fewminorities could be found at any level in the State Depart- ment.” On Aug. 28, AFSA and seven other orga- nizations co-hosted a memorial service in honor of Amb. Todman’s life and distin- guished Foreign Service career. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Doris, of St. Thomas; four children: Ter- ence Todman Jr., Patricia Rhymer Todman, Kathryn Browne andMichael Todman; a brother; and six grandchildren. n Maurice Elmore Trout , 96, a retired Foreign Service officer, died peacefully on Sept. 15 at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va. Mr. Trout was born on Sept. 17, 1917, in Clifton Hill, Mo., and attended public schools in Chicago, Ill., and Hillsdale, Mich. He graduated fromHillsdale High School in 1935 and in 1939 earned a B.A. in history fromHillsdale College, where his father, Dr. DavidM. Trout, was dean of men and the first professor of psychology from 1925 to 1937. After college, Mr. Trout joined the United States Coast Guard, serving throughout WorldWar II until December n Terence Alphonso Todman , 88, a retired FSO and the first African-American career ambassador, died on Aug. 13 in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, after a brief illness. (See Appreciation, p. 64) Mr. Todman was born on March 13, 1926, in St. Thomas. He attended the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico for a year until he was drafted into the Army. He served in Japan, where he helped to organize that country’s first postwar election. After military service, he returned to Inter-American University, receiving a bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, in political science. Later, he received a mas- ter’s degree in public administration from Syracuse University. He also held honorary doctorate degrees fromColgate, Syracuse, Morgan State and Boston universities. Mr. Todman joined the Foreign Service in 1954, beginning a distinguished career that spanned nearly 50 years. His early posts included the United Nations, Leba- non and Tunisia. From 1965 to 1969 he was deputy chief of mission in Togo, before becoming coun- try director for East African affairs in the State Department. He went on to be appointed ambas- sador to six countries: Chad (1969-1972), Guinea (1972-1975), Costa Rica (1975- 1977), Spain (1978-1983), Denmark (1983- 1989) and Argentina (1989-1993). From 1977 to 1978, he served as assis- tant secretary of State for Inter-American affairs, nowWestern Hemisphere affairs. His many ambassadorships were influential and his accomplishments notable. While in Costa Rica, as the first African-American chief of mission in a Latin American country, Ambassador Tod- man helped negotiate the treaty that led to Panama’s assuming ownership of the Panama Canal, as well as agreements with Cuba to set up regular diplomatic channels Take AFSA With You! Change your address online, visit us at www.afsa.org/ address Or Send changes to: AFSAMembership Department 2101 E Street NW Washington, DC 20037 Moving?