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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 108. Chapters: Alfred Kinsey, Green Revolution, Sandra Day O'Connor, Dean Rusk, Radio Project, John Foster Dulles, Simon Flexner, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Charles William Eliot, C. Douglas Dillon, Norman Borlaug, David Rockefeller, Rockefeller family, John D. Rockefeller, Rajat Gupta, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Council on Foreign Relations, National Committee on United States - China Relations, Lake Como, James Wolfensohn, John J. McCloy, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Haku Shah, Tyeb Mehta, Manju Jaidka, Judith Rodin, Group of Thirty, Asia Society, Southworth House, John D. Rockefeller III, Jerome Davis Greene, Frederick Taylor Gates, Parkes Observatory, Abraham Flexner, Raymond W. Smith, David Rockefeller, Jr., Mamphela Ramphele, International Rice Research Institute, Peggy Dulany, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, Max Mason, K.G. Subramanyan, Ron Daniel, League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots. Excerpt: Norman Ernest Borlaug (March 25, 1914 - September 12, 2009) was an American agronomist, humanitarian, and Nobel laureate who has been called "the father of the Green Revolution." Borlaug was one of only six people to have won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. He was also a recipient of the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honor. Borlaug received his Ph.D. in plant pathology and genetics from the University of Minnesota in 1942. He took up an agricultural research position in Mexico, where he developed semi-dwarf, high-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties. During the mid-20th century, Borlaug led the introduction of these high-yielding varieties combined with modern agricultural production techniques to Mexico, Pakistan, and India. As a result, Mexico became a net exporter of wheat by 1963. Between 1...
