On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:36:19 -0600, Gloria P >
wrote:

>from Wikipedia:
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>Norman Ernest Borlaug (March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009)[1] was an
>American agronomist, humanitarian, and Nobel laureate, and has been
>called the father of the Green Revolution.[2] Borlaug was one of only
>five people to have won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of
>Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal.[3] He was also a recipient of
>the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honor.
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>Borlaug's discoveries have been estimated to have saved over 245 million
>lives worldwide.
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>What a life well-lived!
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>gloria p

I've thought about him several times today. How it must have felt to
have had such a huge positive impact! The Dallas Morning News obit
said he may have saved as many as a billion people from starvation. It
also quoted a friend who had discussed food issues with him only a few
days before his death. At 95 and dying of lymphoma, he was still
working on the problem or world hunger.
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