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Norman Borlaug wrestling at the University of Minnesota. Borlaug was the great-grandchild of Norwegian immigrants to the United States. [18] Ole Olson Dybevig and Solveig Thomasdatter Rinde, of Feios, a small village in Vik kommune, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, emigrated to Dane County, Wisconsin, in 1854.
[66] [c] Wallace recommended hiring a young Iowa agronomist, Norman Borlaug, to run the agricultural station, which ultimately led to vast increases in crop yields of corn and wheat in Mexico and around the world, in what was later called the Green Revolution, which is credited with saving two billion people from starvation and earned Borlaug ...
In 1937, Norman Ernest Borlaug receive his B.S. degree in forestry and Ph.D in plant pathology and genetics at the University of Minnesota in 1942. He became a researcher at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Mexico where he recommended improved methods of cultivation and developed semi-dwarf, high-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties, making the make the country self ...
On Saturday, Nobel Prize winning agronomist Norman Borlaug died. He was 95. Known as "the father of the Green Revolution," Borlaug was one of America's three five living Nobel peace prize winners.
In the latest Texas history column, Ken Bridges recalls Dr. Norman Borlaug, whose important work led to his receiving the Nobel Peace Prize
Norman Borlaug – (1914–2009) American agronomist, humanitarian, and Nobel laureate who has been called "the father of the Green Revolution" Ward Christensen - co-founder of bulletin board system (BBS) Ophelia Dahl – American social justice and health care advocate; Steve Dahl – Chicago radio personality and humorist
Norman Borlaug , 1970 Nobel Peace Prize. (Photo by Micheline Pelletier/Sygma via Getty Images) ... My family has been a loyal customer of a wide range of John Deere products for many years. Beyond ...
Norman E. Borlaug being awarded the first M. S. Swaminathan Award for Leadership in Agriculture by President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in New Delhi in 2005. Swaminathan was the recipient of 84 honorary doctorates and was a guide for numerous Ph.D. scholars.