Malcolm Toon

Malcolm Toon
United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia
In office
July 31, 1969 – October 11, 1971
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byJacob D. Beam
Succeeded byAlbert W. Sherer, Jr.
United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia
In office
October 23, 1971 – March 11, 1975
PresidentRichard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Preceded byWilliam Leonhart
Succeeded byLaurence H. Silberman
United States Ambassador to Israel
In office
July 10, 1975 – December 27, 1976
PresidentGerald Ford
Preceded byKenneth B. Keating
Succeeded bySamuel W. Lewis
United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union
In office
January 18, 1977 – October 16, 1979
PresidentGerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Preceded byWalter John Stoessel Jr.
Succeeded byThomas J. Watson Jr.
Personal details
Born(1916-07-04)July 4, 1916
Troy, New York, U.S.
DiedFebruary 12, 2009(2009-02-12) (aged 92)
Pinehurst, North Carolina, U.S.
Spouse
Elizabeth Jane Taylor
(died 1996)
Children3
Education

Malcolm Toon (July 4, 1916 – February 12, 2009)[1] was an American diplomat who served as a Foreign Service Officer in Moscow in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, during the Cold War, ultimately becoming the ambassador to the Soviet Union.

  1. ^ "Toon, Former Ambassador, Dies". The Pilot. February 20, 2009. Retrieved May 2, 2017.