Cary Fowler (born 1949, in Memphis, Tennessee) is the executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust,[1] based in Rome, Italy. Previously, 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. Fowler holds a B.A. (Hon.) degree from Simon Fraser University in Canada, and a Ph.D degree from Uppsala University in Sweden. He was given an honorary Doctorate of Law degree from Simon Fraser University and an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Rhodes College. Fowler received the Right Livelihood Award with Pat Mooney in 1985 for his work in agriculture and the preservation of biodiversity. 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 and was profiled in The New Yorker magazine.[1]
He attended White Station High School in Memphis, Tennessee, graduating in the class of 1967.[2]