| Norman Borlaug  AKA Norman Ernest Borlaug
Born: 25-Mar-1914
Birthplace: Cresco, IA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Scientist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Engineered disease-resistant wheat Father: Henry Oliver Borlaug (b. 1889, d. 1971)
Mother: Clara Vaala (b. 1888, d. 1972)
Sister: Palma Lillian (b. 1916, d. 2004)
Sister: Charlotte (b. 1919)
Sister: Helen (b. 1921, d. 1921)
Wife: Margaret G. Gibson (m. 1937, d. 2007, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Norma Jean Laube
Son: William Borlaug
University: BS Forestry, University of Minnesota (1937)
University: MS, University of Minnesota (1940)
University: PhD Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota (1941)
Federation of American Scientists Board of Sponsors
Hague Appeal for Peace Honorary Committee
Nobel Peace Prize 1970
Vannevar Bush Award 2000 (with Herbert F. York)
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