country predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place ambassador_from birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
poland czechoslovakia the soviet union outerbridge horsey llewellyn thompson malcolm toon walter j. stoessel , jr. . august 16 , 1993 princeton , new jersey rockville , maryland united states united states united states march 24 , 1908 1957 august 31 , 1966 april 18 , 1969 jacobdbeam.jpg jacob d. beam
 1961 march 5 , 1969 january 24 , 1973 jacob d. beam
jacob d. beam

jacob dyneley beam -lrb- march 24 , 1908 -- august 16 , 1993 -rrb- was an american diplomat .
beam was born in princeton , new jersey .
his father was a german professor at princeton university , and the younger beam earned a bachelor 's degree in 1929 from princeton .
he then joined the united states foreign service .
his first assignment was in geneva , where he monitored the league of nations and served as vice counsel in geneva from 1931 to 1934 .
he then moved to berlin and served as third secretary to the united states embassy from 1934 to 1940 .
during world war ii , he served as second secretary of the embassy in london , returning to germany after the war .
beam was counselor to the u.s. embassy in indonesia from 1949 to 1951 and to yugoslavia from 1951 to 1952 .
he became united states ambassador to poland from 1957-61 .
from 1966 to 1969 he served as ambassador to czechoslovakia and he was present at the prague spring there .
then to the soviet union from 1969 to 1973 .
beam died in rockville , maryland of a stroke .
his son is journalist alex beam .
