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'''Malcolm Toon''' (July 4, 1916 – February 12, 2009)<ref>[http://www.thepilot.com |
'''Malcolm Toon''' (July 4, 1916 – February 12, 2009)<ref>[http://www.thepilot.com/news/toon-former-ambassador-dies/article_b8457c9f-368a-5f77-8407-617022b1de79.html Toon, Former Ambassador, Dies] Obituary Feb. 20, 2009. Retrieved 2017-05-02.</ref> was an American [[diplomat]]. He graduated from the [[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]] of [[Tufts University]] in 1938, and served in the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Toon was the [[ambassador]] to [[Czechoslovakia]] from 1969 to 1971, [[Yugoslavia]] from 1971 to 1975, [[Israel]] from 1975 to 1976, and the [[Soviet Union]] from 1977 to 1979. He participated in [[SALT II]] talks from 1977 to 1979 and the American-Soviet Summit in [[Vienna]] in 1979. In the 1990s, Toon co-chaired the U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on POW/MIAs with Russian general [[Dmitri Volkogonov]]. An article about Toon's briefing of the US press corps in Moscow 1977-79 was published in the US State Department's Foreign Service Journal in June 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afsa.org/FSJ/0611/files/assets/downloads/publication.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-07-02 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808210234/http://www.afsa.org/fsj/0611/files/assets/downloads/publication.pdf |archivedate=2011-08-08 |df= }}</ref> |
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A native of Troy, New York, he was married to Elizabeth Jane Taylor (died 1996) and they are interred at [[Arlington National Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/world/europe/malcolm-toon-dead-us-ambassador-to-soviet-union.html | accessdate= May 2, 2017 | title= Malcolm Toon Made Waves as a Diplomat, but His Death Went Largely Unreported |first= Richard | last= Goldstein |work= [[New York Times]] | date= May 1, 2017 }}</ref> |
A native of Troy, New York, he was married to Elizabeth Jane Taylor (died 1996) and they are interred at [[Arlington National Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/world/europe/malcolm-toon-dead-us-ambassador-to-soviet-union.html | accessdate= May 2, 2017 | title= Malcolm Toon Made Waves as a Diplomat, but His Death Went Largely Unreported |first= Richard | last= Goldstein |work= [[New York Times]] | date= May 1, 2017 }}</ref> |
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Malcolm Toon | |
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| 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 | July 4, 1916 Troy, New York |
| Died | February 12, 2009 (aged 92) Pinehurst, NC |
Malcolm Toon (July 4, 1916 – February 12, 2009)[1] was an American diplomat. He graduated from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University in 1938, and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Toon was the ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1969 to 1971, Yugoslavia from 1971 to 1975, Israel from 1975 to 1976, and the Soviet Union from 1977 to 1979. He participated in SALT II talks from 1977 to 1979 and the American-Soviet Summit in Vienna in 1979. In the 1990s, Toon co-chaired the U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on POW/MIAs with Russian general Dmitri Volkogonov. An article about Toon's briefing of the US press corps in Moscow 1977-79 was published in the US State Department's Foreign Service Journal in June 2011.[2]
A native of Troy, New York, he was married to Elizabeth Jane Taylor (died 1996) and they are interred at Arlington National Cemetery.[3]
References
- ^ Toon, Former Ambassador, Dies Obituary Feb. 20, 2009. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Goldstein, Richard (May 1, 2017). "Malcolm Toon Made Waves as a Diplomat, but His Death Went Largely Unreported". New York Times. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
External links
- U.S. State Department Archives (People)
- Malcolm Toon has been interviewed as part of Frontline Diplomacy: The Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, a site at the Library of Congress.
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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