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June 09, 2005

What do Steve Bosworth and Tom Brokaw have in common?

Fletcher Dean Stephen Bosworth, NBC Newsman Tom Brokaw and Former Trade Rep. Charlene Barshefsky Elected to Council on Foreign Relations Board

Medford, Massachusetts – Stephen Bosworth, Dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University, NBC newsman Tom Brokaw and Charlene Barshefsky, the former the U.S. Trade Representative, have been elected to the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations, effective July 1. The announcement was made today in New York during the CFR Board meeting in New York.

"I am delighted to welcome Steve to the Council on Foreign Relation's Board of Directors," said Council President Richard N. Haass. "He brings a wealth of experience through both his extensive career in foreign service and as dean of one of this country's most important foreign policy schools. I look forward to working with him and our other new Board members."

Before coming to Fletcher in 2001, Bosworth had a distinguished career in the U.S. Foreign Service. He was the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea from November 1997 until February 2001. Earlier he was the U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines during the tumultuous reign of Ferdinand Marcos [1984-1987] and before that served as the U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia [1979-81]. His articles on U.S.-Korea relations have appeared in Foreign Affairs, the Financial Times and The Boston Globe.

From 1995-1997, Bosworth was the Executive Director of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization [KEDO], an inter-governmental organization established by the United States, the Republic of Korea, and Japan. Before joining KEDO, Bosworth served eight years as President of the United States Japan Foundation, a private American grant-making institution. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he was a member of the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College from 1992 to 2002 and served as Board Chair from 1996 to 1999.

One of this country’s most respected broadcast journalists, Tom Brokaw anchored the “NBC Nightly News” from 1983 until his retirement in December 2004. A graduate of the University of South Dakota, he worked in several local markets before joining NBC News in Los Angeles as a reporter and anchor in 1966. He later moved to the Washington, D.C. bureau and eventually became NBC’s White House correspondent during the Watergate era. From 1976 to 1981, he anchored the “Today” program.

During his illustrious career, Brokaw won every major broadcast journalism award, including two DuPonts, a Peabody and several Emmys. And, he has written several best-selling books, including the acclaimed The Greatest Generation.

Amb. Charlene Barshefsky joined the Clinton Administration in 1993 as deputy trade representative and later became the acting trade representative. As United States Trade Representative from 1997 to 2001, Amb. Barshefsky was the chief trade negotiator and principal trade policy maker for the United States and a member of the President’s Cabinet. She is best known for helping to open up China through her negotiation of its WTO agreement, and securing hundreds more global market-opening agreements worldwide. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin and the Catholic University School of Law, Amb. Barshefsky is currently a Senior International Partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr law firm.

Founded in 1921, the Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, national membership organization and a nonpartisan center for scholars dedicated to producing and disseminating ideas so that individual and corporate members, as well as policymakers, journalists, students, and interested citizens in the United States and other countries, can better understand the world and foreign policy choices facing the United States and other governments.

For more information contact: Terry Ann Knopf, 617-627-2778; terry.knopf@tufts.edu

Posted by jessica at June 9, 2005 12:45 PM