Texas A&M holds memorial for Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug; Gates, Vilsack to attend

Texas A&M holds memorial for Nobel winner Borlaug

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack are to speak at a memorial for Nobel Peace Prize winner and agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug.

The Tuesday ceremony will be held at Texas A&M University’s College Station campus.

Borlaug, known as the father of the “green revolution,” won the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in combating world hunger and saving hundreds of millions of lives. He’s credited with bringing high-yield crop varieties and other agricultural innovations to the developing world.

Borlaug died Sept. 12 at his Dallas home of complications of cancer. He was 95.

Borlaug was on the Texas A&M University faculty when Gates served as the school’s president. Vilsack is a former governor of Borlaug’s native Iowa.