Cary Fowler
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Cary Fowler (born 1949, in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American agriculturalist and the former executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, based in Rome, Italy. Previously, Dr. Fowler was Professor and Director of Research in the Department for International Environment & Development Studies at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Ã…s, Norway. He graduated from White Station High School in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1967. Fowler attended Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee and holds a B.A. (Hon.) degree from Simon Fraser University in Canada, a Ph.D degree from Uppsala University in Sweden, a Honorary Doctorate of Law degree from Simon Fraser University, and a Honorary Doctorate of Science degree from Rhodes College.
Fowler received the Right Livelihood Award with Pat Mooney in 1985 for his work in agriculture and the preservation of biodiversity. He has also received the Vavilov Medal from the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 2010, he was one of ten recipients of the 16th Heinz Awards (with special focus on global change). Following the massive media attention around the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Fowler appeared on the CBS news show 60 Minutes, was profiled in The New Yorker magazine, spoke at the TED Global Conference in Oxford and appeared in other media worldwide. In 2012, Fowler married author, gardener, and seed saving advocate Amy P. Goldman.
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