Who was Dr. Rowe?

Dr. Leo Stanton Rowe was born in McGregor, Iowa, on September 17, 1871, and died on December 5, 1946, in Washington, D.C. He served with exemplary dedication and vision as Director General of the Pan American Union, from 1920 up to the day of his death. He participated in the Inter-American conferences and meetings held in Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Lima, Panama City, Havana and Rio de Janeiro and in the United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco, California. He devoted the greater part of his life to fostering understanding and integration among the American nations, demonstrating  special interest in the education of Latin American youth, whom he assisted during his lifetime, and to whom he bequeathed a legacy in his will.    

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