Malcolm Toon

Malcolm Toon
United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia
In office July 31, 1969 – October 11, 1971
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Jacob D. Beam
Succeeded by	Albert W. Sherer, Jr.
United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia
In office October 23, 1971 – March 11, 1975
President	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
Preceded by	William Leonhart
Succeeded by	Laurence H. Silberman
United States Ambassador to Israel
In office July 10, 1975 – December 27, 1976
President	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Kenneth B. Keating
Succeeded by	Samuel W. Lewis
United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union
In office January 18, 1977 – October 16, 1979
President	Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Walter John Stoessel Jr.
Succeeded by	Thomas J. Watson Jr.
Personal details
Born	(1916-07-04)July 4, 1916 Troy, New York, U.S.
Died	February 12, 2009(2009-02-12) (aged 92) Pinehurst, North Carolina, U.S.
Spouse	Elizabeth Jane Taylor ​ ​ (died 1996)​
Children	3
Education	Tufts University (BA, MA)

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.