Biographical
data
Thomas J. Dodd served as the United
States Ambassador to Uruguay from 1993-1997 and
to Costa Rica from 1997-2001.
Previously, he was a Professor of
Latin American History and Diplomacy at Georgetown
University’s School of Foreign Service. From
1969-1973, he was the Director of the Latin American
Studies Program for Georgetown’s graduate
school.
Between 1971 and 1991, he was a Lecturer at several
institutions, including the Foreign Service Institute,
the Defense Intelligence College, the National Defense
University, and the Instituto Tecnologico de los
Estudios Superiores in Guadalajara, Mexico. From
1970-1972, he served as a consultant to the Policy
and Coordination Staff in the Office of the Secretary
of State. He worked for the State Department again
when he was Chairman of the Advanced Seminar on
Central America and the Spanish Caribbean at the
Foreign Service Institute from 1981-1986.
He has been a member of the Faculty Advisory Board
for the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy since
1982 and has presented lectures to the Business
Council on International Understanding at American
University since 1984. He is a member of numerous
professional societies including the American Historical
Association, Caribbean Studies Association and the
Inter-American Council, serving as President (1976-1977
and 1985-1986).
He was a Second Lieutenant at Ft. Holabird in Baltimore
from 1958-1959. From 1960-1961, he was a Captain
in the US Army, Military Intelligence Detachment
with the 49th Armored Division. He was awarded the
US Army Commendation Medal in 1961. He received
his B.S. in 1957 from Georgetown’s School
of Foreign Service.
In addition to an M.A. and a Ph.D. from The George
Washington University, he studied at the Universities
of Barcelona and Santander in Spain, Iberoamericana
in Mexico, and at the Johns Hopkins University School
of Advanced International Studies.
Ambassador Dodd’s books include: Managing
Democracy in Central America: US and Nicaragua,
1927-1933 and The Letters of Tomás Herran
and the Panama Crisis, 1900-1903.
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