"Norman Borlaug with U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace and Mexican Minister of Agriculture Marte R. Gómez in 1944." -Academy of Achievement (Academy of Achievement, 1944)
CONCLUSION
". . . PERHAPS THE MOST REMARKABLE THING IS THAT ALTHOUGH MOST PEOPLE NORM HELPED MAY NEVER KNOW HIS NAME, HE WOULD BE VERY GRATIFIED THAT THEY NO LONGER KNOW HUNGER. I CANNOT THINK OF A GREATER LEGACY TO LEAVE AND A MORE FITTING TRIBUTE TO A MAN WHO GAVE SO MUCH OF HIMSELF TO OTHERS. BUT HUNGER STILL EXISTS IN PLACES NORM COULDN'T REACH, AND WE OWE IT TO HIM TO REMOVE THE THREAT OF FAMINE ONCE AND FOR ALL."
-FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER IN A TRIBUTE TO DR. BORLAUG, WHO WORKED WITH PRESIDENT CARTER
"NORMAN BORLAUG HAD BEEN LAUDED AS AN OUTSTANDING SCIENTIST WHO IMPACTED THE LIVES OF MANY, AS WELL AS A VISIONARY, HERO, HUMANITARIAN, ORATOR, AND A GREAT COMMUNICATOR."
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The impact of Dr. Borlaug's leadership in modification of plant species saved billions of lives and sparked scientific interest in the potential for attenuating world hunger through technology. The field of genetic modification has become the topic of much controversy, but researchers, industry, and consumers must come to terms with the scientific, moral and ethical implications to continue to feed the world's growing population.
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"CIVILIZATION AS IT IS KNOWN TODAY COULD NOT HAVE EVOLVED, NOR CAN IT SURVIVE, WITHOUT AN ADEQUATE FOOD SUPPLY."
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"Norman Borlaug displays his Nobel Prize diploma." -Academy of Achievement (Academy of Achievement, 1970)
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NORMAN BORLAUG TRIBUTE RAP:"The Norman Borlaug Rap (Thank You, Norman)
I don't know what you been told about farming and food in days of old, but listen and take this to the bank: If there's food in your tummy then you'd better thank N-O-R-M-A-N Norman Borlaug, thank you, man Straight out of Iowa Norman came, then traveled the world, saw suffering and pain. Millions of people were starving, yo in Pakistan, India, Mexico. But just a few years after Norman came, they all had bumper crops of grain. Norman found the great solution, known as the Green Revolution. Billions of people are alive today because of work done by the man named Norman" Written by M.C. Tractor |