country predecessor successor ambassador_from birth_date term_start article_title term_end name alma_mater
slovakia new creation ralph r. johnson united states 1936 november 22 , 1993 theodore e. russell
 march 29 , 1996 theodore e. russell yale -rrb- national war college university -lrb- b.a. -rrb- tufts university -lrb- m.a.l.d.
theodore e. russell

theodore e. russell -lrb- born 1936 -rrb- was the first u.s. ambassador to slovakia -lrb- 1993 -- 1996 -rrb- .
he subsequently served as deputy commandant for international affairs at the u.s. army war college in carlisle , pennsylvania .
