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stephen w. bosworth 4 december 1939 stephen w. bosworth . u.s. state department official photograph stephen w bosworth special representative.jpg stephen w. bosworth
 stephen warren bosworth
stephen w. bosworth

stephen warren bosworth -lrb- born 4 december 1939 -rrb- 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 -lrb- 1997 -- 2001 -rrb- , to the philippines -lrb- 1984 -- 1987 -rrb- , and to tunisia -lrb- 1979 -- 1981 -rrb- .
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 .
before his appointment as ambassador to south korea he was the executive director of the korean peninsula energy development organization -lrb- 1995 -- 1997 -rrb- .
before coming to kedo , he was president of the united states japan foundation .
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. -lrb- korea -rrb- .
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 -lrb- 1990 -- 1994 -rrb- ; linowitz chair of international studies , hamilton college -lrb- 1993 -rrb- ; trustee , dartmouth college -lrb- 1992 -- 2002 -rrb- , chairman of board of trustees , -lrb- 1996 -- 1999 -rrb- .
he holds an a.b. -lrb- 1961 -rrb- and an ll.d .
-lrb- honorary doctorate -rrb- -lrb- 1986 -rrb- from dartmouth college .
he was a graduate student at george washington university .
he serves on the executive committee of americans elect , a political party seeking to gain ballot access in every state in 2012 .
