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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<h1 id="title">Dr. Norman Borlaug</h1>
<br />
<br />
<span>The man who saved a billon lives</span>
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<img id="image" src="image.jpg" alt="biologists" />
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Dr. Norman Borlaug, third from the left, trains biologists in Mexico
on how to increase wheat yields -part of his life-long war on hunger.
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<h2>Here's a time line of Dr. Borlaug's life:</h2>
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<ul>
<li><b>1914</b> - Born in Cresco, Iowa</li>
<li>
<b>1933</b> - Leaves his family's farm to attend the University of
Minnesota, thanks to a Depression era program known as the "National
Youth Administration"
</li>
<li>
<b>1935</b> - Has to stop school and save up more money. Works in
the Civilian Conservation Corps, helping starving Americans. "I saw
how food changed them", he said. "All of this left scars on me."
</li>
<li>
<b>1937</b> - Finishes university and takes a job in the US Forestry
Service
</li>
<li>
<b>1938</b> - Marries wife of 69 years Margret Gibson. Gets laid off
due to budget cuts. Inspired by Elvin Charles Stakman, he returns to
school study under Stakman, who teaches him about breeding
pest-resistent plants.
</li>
<li>
<b>1941</b> - Tries to enroll in the military after the Pearl Harbor
attack, but is rejected. Instead, the military asked his lab to work
on waterproof glue, DDT to control malaria, disinfectants, and other
applied science.
</li>
<li>
<b>1942</b> - Receives a Ph.D. in Genetics and Plant Pathology
</li>
<li>
<b>1944</b> - Rejects a 100% salary increase from Dupont, leaves
behind his pregnant wife, and flies to Mexico to head a new plant
pathology program. Over the next 16 years, his team breeds 6,000
different strains of disease resistent wheat - including different
varieties for each major climate on Earth.
</li>
<li>
<b>1945</b> - Discovers a way to grown wheat twice each season,
doubling wheat yields
</li>
<li>
<b>1953</b> - crosses a short, sturdy dwarf breed of wheat with a
high-yeidling American breed, creating a strain that responds well
to fertilizer. It goes on to provide 95% of Mexico's wheat.
</li>
<li>
<b>1962</b> - Visits Delhi and brings his high-yielding strains of
wheat to the Indian subcontinent in time to help mitigate mass
starvation due to a rapidly expanding population
</li>
<li><b>1970</b> - receives the Nobel Peace Prize</li>
<li>
<b>1983</b> - helps seven African countries dramatically increase
their maize and sorghum yields
</li>
<li>
<b>1984</b> - becomes a distinguished professor at Texas A&M
University
</li>
<li>
<b>2005</b> - states "we will have to double the world food supply
by 2050." Argues that genetically modified crops are the only way we
can meet the demand, as we run out of arable land. Says that GM
crops are not inherently dangerous because "we've been genetically
modifying plants and animals for a long time. Long before we called
it science, people were selecting the best breeds."
</li>
<li><b>2009</b> - dies at the age of 95.</li>
</ul>
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<q
>Borlaug's life and achievement are testimony to the far-reaching
contribution that one man's towering intellect, persistence and
scientific vision can make to human peace and progress.</q
>
<br />
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<span>-- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh</span>
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<h2>
If you have time, you should read more about this incredible human
being on his
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id="tribute-link"
target="_blank"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug"
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Wikipedia entry.
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