Stephen W. Bosworth, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Korea (b. 1939)
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 Tunisia (1979–1981), to the Philippines (1984–1987), and to South Korea (1997–2001). 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 a Special Representative for North Korea policy.