| Jacob D. Beam  AKA Jacob Dyneley Beam
Born: 24-Mar-1908
Birthplace: Princeton, NJ
Died: 16-Aug-1993
Location of death: Rockville, MD
Cause of death: Stroke
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Diplomat Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Ambassador to the USSR, 1969-73 Entered the Foreign Service in 1931. Father: Jacob Beam (German professor, Princeton)
Mother: Mary
Wife: Margaret Beam
Son: Alex (Boston Globe columnist)
High School: Kent School
University: BA, Princeton University (1929)
University: Cambridge University (1930-31)
Radio Free Europe Director (1974-77)
US Ambassador to the USSR (1969-73)
US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1966-69)
US Ambassador to Poland (1957-61)
US State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for European Affairs (1955-57)
US State Department Director, Office of Eastern European Affairs (1955)
US State Department Policy Planning Staff (1953-57)
US Ambassador to the USSR ad interim (1952-53)
US State Department Counselor, Belgrade, Yugoslavia (1951-52)
US State Department Consul General, Jakarta, Indonesia (1949-51)
US State Department Chief, Division of Central European Affairs (1947-49)
US State Department Political Advisor, Supreme Headquarters, AEF, Germany (1944-47)
US State Department Second Secretary, London, England (1941-44)
US State Department Third Secretary, Berlin, Germany (1934-40)
US State Department Vice Consul, Geneva, Switzerland (1931-34)
Council on Foreign Relations
Author of books:
A Multiple Exposure: An American Ambassador's Unique Perspective on East-West Issues (1978)
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