Stephen R. Lyne



Department of International Relations
152 Bay State Road
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
(617) 353-6341



EXPERIENCE

Professor of International Relations and History: Department of International Relations, Boston University, 1990-present. Teach courses in American Foreign Policy and on the Vietnam War.

American Special Representative for African Liaison, United Nations General Assembly, 1989.

American Ambassador, U.S. Embassy, Accra, Ghana, 1987 - 1989.

Diplomat-in-Residence/Adjunct Professor, Center for International Relations, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, September, 1985 - February 1986.

Deputy Chief of Mission, American Embassies: Beirut, Lebanon, 1984-1985, Canberra, Australia, 1980-1984; Algiers, Algeria, 1975-1977; Libreville, Gabon, 1971-1973.

Office Director: Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, Bureau of East Asia, Department of State, 1978-1980; Section Head: South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, 1967-1971.

Political Officer, American Embassies: Saigon, Vietnam, 1965-1966; Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1962-1964.

Managed, directed, and coordinated reporting, analysis, and policy recommendations over full range of issues: military economic, agricultural, political, commercial, etc., in Washington, in five different countries, and at UNGA for thirteen years as Ambassador, Special Representative, Chargé d'Affaires, and Deputy to the Ambassador.

EDUCATION. TRAINING, AWARDS

Ph.D. Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1965. History Ph.D. Dissertation: "The French Socialist Party and the Indochina War"

M.A. Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1961. History

B.A. Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1958. History

Senior Seminar in National and International Affairs, Foreign Service Institute, Department of State, 1977-1978.

Congressional Intern with American Political Science Association Congressional Internship Program, 1973-1975.

Presidential Meritorious Service Award 1986.

Individual Superior Honor Awards, 1971, 1984.

Joint Superior Honor Awards, 1982, 1985.

"Diplomat of the Year in Ghana" - 1987 Newspaper Poll.




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