Background
Fowler was born in 1949 to Morgan, a General Sessions judge, and Betty, a dietician. He graduated from White Station High School in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1967. He attended Rhodes College in Memphis, but transferred in his Junior year to Simon Fraser University in Canada, earning his degree in 1971. He later received a Ph.D. degree from Uppsala University in Sweden, an Honorary Doctorate of Law degree from Simon Fraser University, and an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities degree from Rhodes College. 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 Ås, Norway. He led the International Conference and Programme on Plant Genetic Resources at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN in the 1990s, and was influential in the supervision of the Food and Agriculture Organization's Global Plan of Action for Plant Genetic Resources. He has also served as a Special Assistant to the Secretary General of the World Food Summit, a board member of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Mexico, and the National Plant Genetic Resources Board of the U.S.
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