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George Fowler, III receives WTC Cunningham Award
June 25,2008
On Thursday, June 5 2008, George J. Fowler III, received the World Trade Center’s Thomas F. Cunningham award at a subscription luncheon in the Plimsoll Club. The award is presented in recognition of outstanding service toward better social, educational, economic, cultural and political relationships between the United States and the countries of Latin America and the promotion of better understanding and friendly relations between them.
Mr. Fowler was born in Havana, Cuba, and obtained a business degree from Louisiana State University and a law degree from Tulane University. In 1988, Mr. Fowler founded Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli, an international law firm with offices in New Orleans, Houston, Miami, Mobile and Bogota, and associated offices in Caracas, Guatemala City, Mexico City, Montreal, San Jose, San Pedro Sula, San Salvador, Santo Domingo and Sao Paulo. The firm is prominent in the fields of international law, energy, admiralty and commercial law.
Mr. Fowler is the founder and chairman of the Tulane Law School Latin American Law Institute. He also served as chairman of the International Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association. He is general counsel, vice president and on the board of directors of the Cuban American National Foundation, where he has been active in the field of human rights. Mr. Fowler was one of the founders and serves on the board of the New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation and is a board member of the World Trade Center. In 2005, he received the “Sanchez to Sanchez to Smith Award” from the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana.
The Cunningham award dates back to 1945. Recent past recipients include Dr. John Ochsner, Capt. J.W. Clark and Charles and Samuel Robinson.
Founded in 1943, as a not-for-profit membership organization, the World Trade Center of New Orleans was the first of what are today 309 WTCs in 88 countries that service more than one million businesses engaged in international commerce. WTC New Orleans' mission is to add wealth and jobs in New Orleans and Louisiana through international trade, port development, and allied activities. The WTC conducts international trade education, training, and networking programs and provides trade information and other services for its 1,900 members and Louisiana's business community at large. Information on WTC membership is posted at www.wtcno.org/membership/benefits.htm
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