Stephen W. Bosworth

Stephen Warren Bosworth
Stephen W. Bosworth
Born	(1939-12-04) December 4, 1939
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	Dartmouth College
Occupation	Professor retired diplomat
Employer	Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Title	Dean
Board member of	Council on Foreign Relations Japan Society of Boston International Board of Advisers for the President of the Republic of the Philippines
Spouse(s)	former Christine Holmes
Children	two daughters and two sons
Awards	American Academy of Diplomacy’s Diplomat of the Year Award in 1987 Department of State’s Distinguished Service Award in 1976 and 1986 Department of Energy’s Distinguished Service Award in 1979 Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star (Japan, 2005)
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Ambassador Bosworth (left) and Mrs. Bosworth (far right) with Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos in Leyte in October 1984.

Stephen Warren Bosworth (born 4 December 1939) is the former Dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University and served as United States Special Representative for North Korea Policy from March 2009 to October 2011. He has served three times as a U.S. Ambassador, to South Korea (1997–2001),^[3] to the Philippines (1984–1987), and to Tunisia (1979–1981).^[4] In 1987, he was recipient of American Academy of Diplomacy's Diplomat of the Year Award.

In February 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton named Bosworth Special Representative for North Korea policy.^[5][6]

Before his appointment as Ambassador to South Korea he was the Executive Director of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (1995–1997). Before coming to KEDO, he was president of the United States Japan Foundation.^[1]

Prior to 1984, his previous foreign service assignments include Paris, Madrid, Panama City, and Washington, D.C. where he was the State Department’s Director of Policy Planning, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for inter-American affairs, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs.

He is currently a member of the International Board of Advisers for the president of the Philippines, and is also a member of the boards of International Textile Group and Franklin Templeton Investment Trust Management Co. (Korea). He is a member of the Trilateral Commission.

At times he has held teaching and oversight positions at various colleges and universities: Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (1990–1994); Linowitz Chair of International Studies, Hamilton College (1993); Trustee, Dartmouth College (1992–2002), Chairman of Board of Trustees, (1996–1999).^[1]

He holds an A.B. (1961) and an LL.D. (honorary doctorate) (1986) from Dartmouth College. He was a graduate student at George Washington University.^[7]

He serves on the Executive Committee of Americans Elect, a political party seeking to gain ballot access in every state in 2012.^[8]

Writings

• Abramowitz, Morton I.; Stephen W. Bosworth (2006). Chasing the Sun: Rethinking East Asian Policy Since 1992. New York: Century Foundation. ISBN 978-0-87078-500-9. 

References

External links

Media related to Stephen W. Bosworth at Wikimedia Commons

• "Stephen W. Bosworth - Biographic Sketch". Institute for Corean-American Studies. 
• Ambassador Bosworth Speaks on North Korea Policy at The Korea Society's 2009 Annual Dinner
• Stephen Bosworth on the Korean Conflict, selected quotes, National Campaign to End the Korean War
• U.S. Department of State: Biography of Stephen W. Bosworth