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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<div id="main" class="container">
<div id="title">
<h1>Dr. Norman Borlaug</h1>
<p>The man who saved a billion lives</p>
</div>
<div id="img-div" class="container">
<img
id="image"
src="https://cdn.freecodecamp.org/testable-projects-fcc/images/tribute-page-main-image.jpg"
alt="Dr. Norman Borlaug seen standing in Mexican wheat field with a
group of biologists"
/>
<p id="img-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.
</p>
</div>
<div id="tribute-info">
<p>Here's a time line of Dr. Borlaug's life:</p>
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<div id="events">
<ul>
<li><strong>1914</strong> - Born in Cresco, Iowa</li>
<li>
<strong>1933</strong> - 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>
<strong>1935</strong> - 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>
<strong>1937</strong> - Finishes university and takes a
job in the US Forestry Service
</li>
<li>
<strong>1938</strong> - 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-resistent
plants.
</li>
<li>
<strong>1941</strong> - 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>
<strong>1942</strong> - Receives a Ph.D. in Genetics and
Plant Pathology
</li>
<li>
<strong>1944</strong> - Rejects a 100% salary increase
from Dupont, 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 disease resistent wheat - including different
varieties for each major climate on Earth.
</li>
<li>
<strong>1945</strong> - Discovers a way to grown wheat
twice each season, doubling wheat yields
</li>
<li>
<strong>1953</strong> - 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>
<strong>1962</strong> - 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>
<strong>1970</strong> - receives the Nobel Peace Prize
</li>
<li>
<strong>1983</strong> - helps seven African countries
dramatically increase their maize and sorghum yields
</li>
<li>
<strong>1984</strong> - becomes a distinguished
professor at Texas A&M University
</li>
<li>
<strong>2005</strong> - 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><strong>2009</strong> - dies at the age of 95.</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="quote" class="">
<em>
"Borlaug's life and achievement are testimony to the
far-reaching contribution that one man's towering intellect,
persistence and scientific vision can make to human peace
and progress." <br /><br />
-- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
</em>
</div>
<div id="if-time">
<span
>If you have time, you should read more about this
incredible human being on his</span
>
<a
id="tribute-link"
target="_blank"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug"
>
Wikipedia entry.
</a>
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