The Linowitz Forum is dedicated to improving the quality and communication on Western Hemispheric issues. The forum pays tribute to Ambassador Sol M. Linowitz, the Dialogue’s founding chairman, and assembles Inter-American Dialogue members once every two years to address the most important issues affecting the Americas.
Dialogue members meet in plenary sessions as well as in smaller workshops to explore their differences, identify cooperative solutions to regional problems, and develop proposals for action through consensus.
Drawing from these discussions, the Dialogue produces a policy report that offers recommendations for policy and action to governments, the private sector, and other international organizations. The report is published and widely circulated throughout the hemisphere.
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Sol M. Linowitz was a distinguished lawyer, businessman, and diplomat. A man of extraordinary achievement, Ambassador Linowitz served as a counselor to various presidents, members of congress, and world leaders. Amongst his many notable accomplishments was the negotiation of the Panama Canal treaties during the administration of President Jimmy Carter. In 1998, Ambassador Linowitz was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton. Ambassador Linowitz confounded Xerox Corporation, serving as its chairman for several years. From 1966 to 1969, he was appointed as the United States’ representative to the Organization of American States and in 1979 as the United States’ special ambassador to the Middle East. Ambassador Linowitz served on the Board of Trustees of his alma matter, Cornell University, as well as president of the National Urban League. He authored two books, “The Making of a Public Man: A Memoir and “The Betrayed Profession.” Ambassador Linowitz passed away on March 18, 2005, at his home in Washington, DC. The Dialogue inaugurated the Sol M. Linowitz Forum in 1996 to recognize and commemorate his exceptional career in service to democracy and cooperation among the nations of the Americas.
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