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Nobel Prize recipient Norman Borlaug, right, is assisted Oct. 16, 2007, by Larry Stevenson as Borlaug arrives at his boyhood home near Cresco. Borlaug died in 2009. Facebook ...
Norman Borlaug, who died on September 12 aged 95, won the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for his achievement in promoting the use of more productive cereal strains in order to feed the world’s vast ...
Norman Ernest Borlaug was born March 25, 1914, on a farm near Cresco, Iowa, in a portion of the state called “little Norway” because so many of its residents were immigrants from that country.
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An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link. ... (R-Ky.), left, unveil a statue of Dr. Norman E. Borlaug at Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 25, 2014.
Agronomist Norman Borlaug looks at selected wheat stocks at the Rockefeller Agricultural Institute in Atizapan, Mexico, Oct. 21, 1970. Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS ...
Back in the mid-20th century, "green" and "hybrid" referred to agriculture, not automobiles, and an American agronomist named Norman Borlaug was at the forefront of the field. News of the 95-year ...
My recent article celebrating the birthday of my friend and mentor, the late Norman Borlaug, received so much attention, from both those who knew and revered him and from others who hadn't heard of ...
Sept. 13: Crop scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug, an enduring icon for the war on hunger who had helped steer India away from recurrent famines towards self-sufficiency in food, ...
Jimmy Carter, Norman Borlaug partnered for a legacy of ending hunger Thank you, President Carter, for your unwavering belief in humanity and partnership with my grandfather.
It was 56 acres,” says Tom Spindler, with the Norman Borlaug Heritage Foundation. Spindler is speaking of young Norman Borlaug. Next to the home you will find the school Norm attended as a boy.
In 1970 Norman E. Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for a lifetime of work to feed a hungry world. Although a scientist with outstanding contributions, perhaps Dr. Borlaug's greatest ...