Sol M. Linowitz Forum

The Sol M. Linowitz Forum, established in 1996, is dedicated to improving the quality of debate and communication on Western Hemispheric issues. The forum pays tribute to Ambassador Linowitz, the Dialogue’s founding chairman, and assembles Dialogue members once every two years to address the most important issues affecting the Americas. 

At the forum, Dialogue members meet in plenary sessions and in smaller workshops, probe their differences, identify cooperative solutions to regional problems, and develop consensus proposals for action. 

Drawing on these discussions, the Dialogue produces a policy report that reviews the main issues and offers recommendations for policy and action–for governments, international organizations, and private groups. The report is published and widely circulated throughout the hemisphere. 

 

   

 

                                                                 Past Linowitz Forums

13th Linowitz Forum

Zoom Collage of Linowitz Participants

 

 

12th Linowitz Forum

11th Linowitz Forum

 

10th Linowitz Forum

 

                                                                      Past policy reports

2022 Report

 

2009 Report

 

2003 Report

 

1999 Report

 

1994 Report

  

1990 Report

 

1988 Report

  

1984 Report

 

 

2012 Report

 

2005 Report

 

2000 Report

 

1997 Report

 

1993 Report

 

1989 Report

 

1986 Report

 

1983 Report

                                                             Past commemorative reports

2013 Report

 

1996 Report

 

 

About Sol M. Linowitz

 

Sol M. Linowitz was a distinguished lawyer, businessman, and diplomat. A man of extraordinary achievement, Ambassador Linowitz served as a counselor to various presidents, congressmen and women, 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, who said, in a speech, “If every world leader had half the vision Sol Linowitz does, we would have about a tenth as many problems as we’ve got in this whole world today.” 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, and 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.

 

For information on prior Linowitz Forum Events, please visit archive.thedialogue.org/solmlinowitzforum