IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 739 
Honoring the life and achievements of Dr. Norman E. Borlaug for his 
many contributions to alleviating world hunger. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 
Mr. BOSWELL (for himself, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. BRALEY of 
Iowa, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. KISSELL, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. GRAVES, Ms. 
MARKEY of Colorado, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. MORAN of 
Kansas, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. WALZ, Mr. HOLT, 
Mr. PUTNAM, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, and Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the life and achievements of Dr. Norman E. 
Borlaug for his many contributions to alleviating world 
hunger. 
Whereas the United States honors Norman E. Borlaug as an 
Iowan, humanitarian, and father of the ‘‘Green Revolu-
tion’’; 
Whereas Dr. Borlaug was born on March 25, 1914, and grew 
up on a family farm outside Cresco, Iowa; 
Whereas Dr. Borlaug attended the University of Minnesota, 
where he received B.A. and Ph.D. degrees and was also 
a star NCAA wrestler; 
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Whereas, for over 20 years, Dr. Borlaug was a member of 
the faculty of Texas A&M University; 
Whereas Dr. Borlaug spent 20 years working in the poorest 
areas of rural Mexico where he made his breakthrough 
achievement in developing a strain of wheat that could 
exponentially increase yields while actively resisting dis-
ease; 
Whereas Dr. Borlaug’s ‘‘green revolution’’ uplifted hundreds 
of thousands of the rural poor in Mexico and saved hun-
dreds of millions from famine and outright starvation in 
India and Pakistan; 
Whereas Dr. Borlaug’s approach to wheat production next 
spread throughout the Middle East, and soon his ap-
proach was adapted to rice growing, increasing the num-
ber of lives Dr. Borlaug has been credited to saving to 
more than a billion people; 
Whereas in 1970, Dr. Borlaug received the Nobel Peace 
Prize, the only person working in agriculture to ever be 
so honored, and since then he has received numerous 
honors and awards, including the Presidential Medal of 
Freedom, the Public Service Medal, the National Acad-
emy of Sciences’ highest honor, the Rotary International 
Award for World Understanding and Peace, and the Con-
gressional Gold Medal; 
Whereas, up until his death on September 12, 2009, Dr. 
Borlaug continued to work to alleviate poverty and mal-
nutrition throughout the world; 
Whereas Dr. Borlaug created the World Food Prize in 1986, 
which is the ‘‘Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture’’ and 
which has honored Laureates from Bangladesh, India, 
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China, Mexico, Denmark, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, the 
United Kingdom, and the United States; 
Whereas the headquarters of the World Food Prize is located 
in Des Moines, Iowa; and 
Whereas Dr. Borlaug’s humanitarian works have made him 
an American hero who will never be forgotten: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 
the life and achievements of Dr. Norman E. Borlaug for 
his many contributions to alleviating world hunger. 
Æ 
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