Norman Borlaug honors list highlights lifelong achievements
Norman Borlaug, the Iowa native dubbed father of the green revolution, died at 95 in Dallas. He earned the Nobel Peace Prize and Presidential Medal of Freedom among numerous honors, including the Congressional Gold Medal, National Medal of Science, and many international awards across decades.
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Norman Borlaug
Dallas
Borlaug
Martin Luther King Jr
Mother Teresa
Nelson Mandela
Elie Wiesel
Time Magazine
U.S
National Academy of Sciences
Government of Mexico
World Farm Foundation
USA
American Institute For Public Service
Iowa native Borlaug praised for global impact and humility
Quotes from Quinn and Iowa leaders celebrate Norman Borlaug, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, for boosting U.S. and world food production. Highlighted are his hands on field work, practical approach, and lasting legacy from Iowa roots to worldwide hunger relief. Local officials credit him with putting Iowa on the map.
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Quinn
Midwest
Borlaug
U.S
Chuck Grassley
Chet Culver
Tom Harkin
U.S. Agriculture
Tom Vilsack
Dave Loebsack
Bruce Braley
Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug’s lasting impact on world food supply
Norman Borlaug, creator of the Green Revolution and founder of the World Food Prize, transformed wheat and crop yields across Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas. He earned the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 and received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2007. Survived by family, his work spurred debates over fertilizer use and monocultures.
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Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Republic of el Salvador
Norman E. Borlaug
Texas A&m University
Vannevar Bush
National Science Foundation
USA
N.J. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry
Russia
National Academy of Sciences
Rotary International
Barcelona
Spain
Philip Hauge Abelson
American Association For the Advancement of Science
American Council of Science and Health
National Medal of Science
Government of India
Norman Borlaug
Ed Runge
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Borlaug
Tom Vilsack
Nobel
Mexico
Asia
Middle East
South America
Africa
Pakistan
India
Rase Lionnes
Cresco
Congressional
Congress
Nobel laureate Borlaug rooted in Iowa wrestling lore
J. R. Ogden notes Cresco born Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug valued wrestling from youth in Iowa to his Gopher days and his global agricultural work. Borlaug credited wrestling for his will to win and remained fond of the sport, visiting the Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo.
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Dave Bartelma
Mike Chapman
Dan Gable
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