DR. Noramn Borloug

the man who saved billions life.

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.

Here's a time line of Dr. Borlaug's life:

• 1914-Born in Cresco, Iowa
• 1933-Leaves his family's farm to attend the University of Minnesota, thanks to a Depression era program known as the "National Youth Administration"
• 1935-Has to stop school and save up more money.
• 1937 - Finishes university and takes a job in the US Forestry Service
• 1938-Marries wife of 69 years Margret Gibson.

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."

--Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh