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.

Toon was born July 4, 1916, in Troy, New York, where his father was a stonecutter, shortly after his parents had emigrated from Scotland.

[4] In the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II, he was a PT boat skipper, and received the Bronze Star Medal for valor.

[5] A resident of Southern Pines, North Carolina, Toon was married to Elizabeth Jane Taylor until her death in 1996.

An article about Toon's briefing of the U.S. press corps in Moscow 1977–1979 was published in the Foreign Service Journal in June 2011.