A Memoir: Joseph A. Todd, Ph.D.
by Francine Todd Gedeon
In A Memoir, Jack Todd recalls his youth on a Mississippi farm with humor and candor. He goes on to recount his student days at LSU and Harvard and his wartime service in the Mediterranean and European theaters.
He was promoted to lieutenant colonel and assigned the designation of general staff corps with troops, which authorized him to wear a star instead of his branch of service insignia, which was the general officer’s privilege, except for this exception!
He had an office in the Pentagon building and had been issued a pass to the War Room. At one point, a special communications channel had been set up, which read from Algiers to the Naples direction, “from Eisenhower to Todd from Holmes,” and in the reverse direction, “from Todd to Eisenhower for Holmes!”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Joseph A. Todd, Ph.D., was born in DeSoto, Mississippi, on January 3, 1916, and died at his home in Fairhope, Alabama, on December 27, 1997. He held B.A. and M.A. degrees from LSU and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University. In addition to his wartime service, he served seven years as senior member of the U.S. Senate staff and was appointed first secretary of the U.S. Embassy in London, Tokyo, and Monrovia, Liberia. He later taught business administration at the University of Nevada.
He married Pauline Briley in 1948 and had four daughters: Francine Todd Gedeon, Rani Todd Gaw, Jacqueline Todd, Susan Todd Bell, and he has three grandchildren.
After his retirement, he was a consultant to the Gulf Oil Corporation among other companies. He is buried in the Foreign Service Officers’ section of Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
(2008, paperback, 62 pages)
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days.
In A Memoir, Jack Todd recalls his youth on a Mississippi farm with humor and candor. He goes on to recount his student days at LSU and Harvard and his wartime service in the Mediterranean and European theaters.
He was promoted to lieutenant colonel and assigned the designation of general staff corps with troops, which authorized him to wear a star instead of his branch of service insignia, which was the general officer’s privilege, except for this exception!
He had an office in the Pentagon building and had been issued a pass to the War Room. At one point, a special communications channel had been set up, which read from Algiers to the Naples direction, “from Eisenhower to Todd from Holmes,” and in the reverse direction, “from Todd to Eisenhower for Holmes!”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Joseph A. Todd, Ph.D., was born in DeSoto, Mississippi, on January 3, 1916, and died at his home in Fairhope, Alabama, on December 27, 1997. He held B.A. and M.A. degrees from LSU and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University. In addition to his wartime service, he served seven years as senior member of the U.S. Senate staff and was appointed first secretary of the U.S. Embassy in London, Tokyo, and Monrovia, Liberia. He later taught business administration at the University of Nevada.
He married Pauline Briley in 1948 and had four daughters: Francine Todd Gedeon, Rani Todd Gaw, Jacqueline Todd, Susan Todd Bell, and he has three grandchildren.
After his retirement, he was a consultant to the Gulf Oil Corporation among other companies. He is buried in the Foreign Service Officers’ section of Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
(2008, paperback, 62 pages)
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days.
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