Stephen W. Bosworth

Ambassador Bosworth (left) and Mrs. Bosworth (far right) with Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos in Leyte in October 1984.

Stephen Warren Bosworth (December 4, 1939 – January 4, 2016) was an American academic and diplomat. He served as 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 served three times as a U.S. Ambassador, to South Korea (1997–2001), to the Philippines (1984–1987), and to Tunisia (1979–1981). In 1987, he received the 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.

Early Life and Career

Bosworth was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1939. 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.

Private Career

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

Educational Career

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

Political Career

He served on the Executive Committee of Americans Elect, a political party seeking to gain ballot access in every state in 2012.

Death

On January 4, 2016, Bosworth died at the age of 76 due to cancer in Boston, Massachusetts.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• 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

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Christopher R. Hill	U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy 2009–present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by James T. Laney	United States Ambassador to South Korea 1997–2001	Succeeded by Thomas C. Hubbard
Preceded by Michael Armacost	United States Ambassador to the Philippines 1984–1987	Succeeded by Nicholas Platt
Preceded by Edward W. Mulcahy	United States Ambassador to Tunisia 1979–1981	Succeeded by Walter Leon Cutler