 Malcolm Toon

Malcolm Toon (July 4, 1916 – February 12, 2009) 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.Toon was born July 14, 1916, in Troy, New York, where his father was a stonecutter, shortly after his parents had emigrated from Scotland.