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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
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<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>Tribute Page</title>
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<h1 class="title" id="title">Dr. Norman Borlaug</h1>
<p class="title-description">The man who saved a billion lives</p>
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<img
class="media__img"
id="image"
src="https://cdn.freecodecamp.org/testable-projects-fcc/images/tribute-page-main-image.jpg"
alt="Dr. Normal Borlaug seen standing in Mexican wheat field
with a group of biologists"
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<figcaption id="img-caption" class="media__caption">
Dr. Norman Borlaug, third from the left, trains biologists in Mexico
on how to increase wheat yields - part of his life-long war on
hunger.
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<h3 class="headline">Here's a time line of Dr. Borlaug's life:</h3>
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<ul class="list-of-time">
<li><time class="time">1914</time> - Born in Cresco, Iowa.</li>
<li>
<time class="time">1933</time> - Leaves his family's farm to attend
the University of Minnesota, thanks to a Depression era program
known as the "National Youth Administration".
</li>
<li>
<time class="time">1935</time> - Has to stop school and save up more
money. Works in the Civilian Conservation Corps, helping starving
Americans. "I saw how food changed them", he said. "All of this left
scars on me.".
</li>
<li>
<time class="time">1937</time> - Finishes university and takes a job
in the US Forestry Service.
</li>
<li>
<time class="time">1938</time> - Marries wife of 69 years Margret
Gibson. Gets laid off due to budget cuts. Inspired by Elvin Charles
Stakman, he returns to school study under Stakman, who teaches him
about breeding pest-resisten plants.
</li>
<li>
<time class="time">1941</time> - Tries to enroll in the military
after the Pearl Harbor attack, but is rejected. Instead, the
military asked his lab to work on waterproof glue, DDT to control
malaria, disinfectants, and other applied science.
</li>
<li>
<time class="time">1942</time> - Receives a Ph.D. in Genetics and
Plant Pathology.
</li>
<li>
<time class="time">1944</time> - Rejects a 100% salary increase from
Dupong, Leaves behind his pregnant wife, and flies to Mexico to head
a new plant pathology program. Over the next 16 years, his team
breeds 6,000 different strains of desease resisten wheat - including
different varieties for each major climate on Earth.
</li>
<li>
<time class="time">1945</time> - Discovers a way to grown wheat
twice each season, doubling wheat yields.
</li>
<li>
<time class="time">1953</time> - Crosses a short, sturdy dwarf breed
of wheat with a high-yeidling American breed, creating a strain that
responds well to fertilizer. It goes on to provide 95% of Mexico's
wheat.
</li>
<li>
<time class="time">1962</time> - Visits Delhi and brings his
high-yielding strains of wheat to the indian subcontinent in time to
help mitigate mass starvation due to a rapidly expanding population.
</li>
<li>
<time class="time">1970</time> - Receives the Nobel Peace Prize.
</li>
<li>
<time class="time">1983</time> - Helps seven African countries
dramatically increase their maize and sorghum yields.
</li>
<li>
<time class="time">1984</time> - Becomes a distinguished professor
at Texas A&M University.
</li>
<li>
<time class="time">2005</time> - States "We will have to double the
world food supply by 2050." Argues that genetically modified crops
are the only way we can meet the demand, as we run out of arable
land. Says that GM crops are not inherently dangerous because "we've
been genetically modifying plants and animals for a long time. Long
before we called it science, people were selecting the best
breeds.".
</li>
<li><time class="time">2009</time> - Dies at the age of 95.</li>
</ul>
<blockquote class="quote">
<p>
"Borlaug's life and ahievement are testimony to the far-reaching
contribution that one man's towering intellect, persitence and
scientific vision can make to human peace and progress."
</p>
<cite>-- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.</cite>
</blockquote>
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If you have time, you should read more about this incredible human
being on his
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class="tribute-link"
id="tribute-link"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug"
target="_blank"
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Wikipedia Entry.</a
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