dr. norman borlaug. it is an illustrated story about the life of norman borlaug, who is credited with saving the lives of a billion people with his research on food. and after his success in mexico, he went to asia, places like pakistan and india, and then on into different countries in africa and begin to continue to develop and improve the production of wheat, rice and other products. in a matter of 30 years within his lifetime the work of norman borlaug more than doubled the grain production of the world. and because of that, the people forced saved from starvation, a billion people, the statue or and statuary hall which we place 100 years to the day from his birth and happened to place it within 10 feet where the author of the book on norma's bore log, ambassador ken quinn was standing with congressman latham when w we presented the congressional gold medal to dr. borlaug. i was standing about 10 feet from ambassador quinn and congressman latham talking to dr. borlaug. as of talking to them i got the