Norman Ernest Borlaug – was an American agronomist, humanitarian and Nobel Laureate who has been called "the father of the Green Revolution". He was born on March 25, 1914 and died recently on September 12, 2009. Sir Norman Borlaug was one of only six people to have won the Nobel Peace Prize, The Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold medal. He was also a recipient of the Padma Vibushan, India's second highest civilian honor. He took up an agricultural research position in Mexico, where he developed semi-dwarf, high-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 in recognition of his contributions to world peace through increasing food supply. Later in his life, he helped apply these methods of increasing food production to Asia and Africa. Borlaug died at the age of 95, on September 12, 2009, in his Dallas home.
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