Henry Fowler
58th United States Secretary of the Treasury
In office April 1, 1965 – December 20, 1968
Preceded by	C. Douglas Dillon
Succeeded by	Joseph W. Barr
Born	September 5, 1908 Roanoke, Virginia
Died	January 3, 2000 (aged 91)
Political party	Democratic

Henry Hammill Fowler (September 5, 1908–January 3, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician. The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, concerned with finance and monetary matters, and until Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Clarence Douglas Dillon ( August 21, 1909 &ndash January 10, 2003) son of Clarence and Ann (Douglass Dillon was U Joseph Walker Barr ( January 17, 1918 &ndash February 23, 1996) was an American businessman and politician Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year For the metropolitan area see Roanoke Metropolitan Area. Roanoke is an Independent city located in the Roanoke Metropolitan Area in Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

Born in Roanoke, Virginia, he graduated from Roanoke College in 1929 and received his law degree from Yale Law in 1932. For the metropolitan area see Roanoke Metropolitan Area. Roanoke is an Independent city located in the Roanoke Metropolitan Area in Roanoke College is an independent private, Coeducational, four-year Liberal-arts College affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Yale Law School, or YLS, is the Law school of Yale University in New Haven Connecticut.

Fowler joined the legal staff of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in 1934. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA is a federally owned Corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide There he assisted in the preparation and successful conduct of the four-year litigation establishing the constitutionality of that program. By 1939, he had risen to Assistant General Counsel of the TVA and subsequently served as chief counsel of a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Education and Labor. The United States Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP generally considers matters relating to health education labor and pensions

From 1941 to 1944, he was an assistant general counsel of the Office of Production Management and afterward of the War Production Board. The War Production Board ( WPB) was established as a government agency on January 16 1942 by executive order of Franklin D He then served in the United Kingdom and Germany in 1944 and 1945. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. He then returned to private practice and then in 1951 rejoined the government to work on the mobilization of troops during the Korean War. The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the During this period he was an administrator of the National Production Authority, administrator of the Defense Production Administration, Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization and member of the National Security Council. A National Security Council (NSC is usually an Executive branch governmental body responsible for coordinating policy on national security issues and advising chief

Fowler served as a member of the Commission on Money and Credit from 1958 to 1961, and of the National Committee on Government Finance of the Brookings Institution from 1960 to 1961. The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington D He was a Trustee of Roanoke College and of the Funds of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia.

He served as Under Secretary of the Treasury from February 3, 1961, until April 10, 1964, when he returned to private law practice as senior member of the Washington firm of Fowler, Leva, Hawes and Symington.

Fowler's signature, as used on American currency

As U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1965 to 1968, Fowler organized a two-tier system for gold in 1968, and participated in the 1967-68 international agreements, which created a new international monetary reserve system called "Special Drawing Rights. The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, concerned with finance and monetary matters, and until "

After leaving the Treasury Department, Fowler joined Goldman Sachs in New York City as a partner. The Goldman Sachs Group Inc, or simply Goldman Sachs ( is a large global Bank holding company that engages in Investment banking securities The City of New York

External links

• TIME Magazine Cover: Henry H. Fowler, Sept. 10, 1965
• Roanoke College: Henry H. Fowler Public Policy Program