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| Title: | Cary Fowler |
| Keywords: | People;Images;Honorary degree recipients;Commencements |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| Publisher: | Memphis Tenn. : Rhodes College |
| Abstract: | Dubbed “The World’s Seed Banker,” Fowler is former executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust and largely responsible for making the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway a reality, which is designed to hold 4.5 million seeds to preserve the world's crop diversity.Currently a member of the Rhodes College Board of Trustees, Fowler has traveled the world educating the public about crops facing new threats from disease and changing climates. His journey is a personal and passionate one to solve a global crisis. |
| Description: | This document was received from the Communications Office in 2013. Uploaded by Archives RSA Emily Jordan, class of 2015, in 2014. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10267/20333 |
| Appears in Collections: | People (Images) |
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