Todd Diacon
Kent State University
Education: Doctoral degree
What Guides My Decision-Making: Transparency and empathy
Historic Figure Who Inspires Me: Marechal Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon, the Brazilian military officer who founded the Brazilian Indian Protection Service and led a 20-year campaign to construct telegraph lines across the Brazilian hinterlands. I wrote a biography of him entitled Stringing Together a Nation.
Favorite Quote: “Considering my age and condition, I’m doing just fine.” — My grandmother on her 103rd birthday
If I Could Have Any Other Job: A professional writer
My Biography Would Be Called: Leave Things Better Than You Found Them
Biggest Regret: Not talking to my father more about his experiences as a sailor in World War II. He joined at the age of 17 one week after Pearl Harbor.
Who’d Play Me in a Biopic: That would be one boring biopic.