Dr Noman Borlaug

Here is the time of Dr Borlaug life

• 1914 - Born in Cresco, Iowa
• 1933 - Leaves his family's farm to attend University of Minnesota, thanks to drepression era program, known as the "National Youth Adminstration"
• 1935 - Has to stop school and save more money. Works in Tech civillian conservation corps, helping starving Americans. "I saw how food changed them" he said, all these left scars on me.
• 1937 - Finishes University and takes a job in the US forestry service
• 1938 - Marries wife of 69 years old Magret Gibson. get laid off due to budget cuts. inspired by Elvis Charles Stackman, he returns to school study under Stackman, who teaches him about about breeding pest-resistance plant
• 1945 - Discover a way to grown wheat twice each season, doubling wheat yields
• 1962 - Visits Delhi and brings his high-yeilding strains of wheat to the indian subscontinent in time to help mitigate mass starvation due to a rapidly expanding population
• 1941 - Tries to enroll in the military after the pearl harbor attack, but its rejected. Instead, the military asked his lab to work on waterproof glue, DDT to control malaria, disinfectant, and other applied science
• 1942 - Receives a Ph.D in Genetics and Plant pathology
• 1970 - Receives Nobel peace prize
• 1983 - Helps seven African countries dramatiscally to increase their maize and sorghum yields
• 1984 - Becomes a distinguish professor at Texas A&M university

"Borlaug's life and achievement are testimony to the far- reaching contribution that one's man towering intellect, persistence and scientific vision can make human peace and progress"

-- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan singh