| Malcolm Toon | |
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In office 1969 – 1971 |
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In office 1971 – 1975 |
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In office 1975 – 1976 |
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| Preceded by | Kenneth B. Keating |
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| Succeeded by | Samuel W. Lewis |
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In office 1976 – 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Walter John Stoessel, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Thomas J. Watson, Jr. |
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| 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 Tufts University in 1937, and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Toon was the ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1969-1971, Yugoslavia from 1971-1975, Israel from 1975-1976, and the Soviet Union from 1976-1979. He participated in SALT II talks from 1977-1979 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.
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