A billion served
Sunday, July 29th, 2007 by WesHe Only Saved a Billion People: on Norman Borlaug, his contribution to modern agriculture, and why most of us don’t know who he is.
It’s a trifecta much bigger and rarer than an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony. Only five people in history have ever won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal: Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Elie Wiesel … and Norman Borlaug.
– Jonathan Alter
