COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - A memorial service for Nobel
Prize-winning agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug has been set
for Oct. 6 at Texas A&M University.
University officials say the memorial will be at 11 a.m. in
A&M's Rudder Auditorium.
Borlaug died Saturday at his Dallas home of complications of
cancer.
Known as the father of the "green revolution," Borlaug won the
Nobel Peace Prize for his role in combating world hunger.
The Nobel committee honored Borlaug in 1970 for contributions to high-yield
crops and other agricultural innovations in the developing world.
Many experts credit his green revolution with averting global
famine during the second half of the 20th century.
The Iowa-born Borlaug remained active well into his 90s,
campaigning for the use of biotechnology to fight hunger and
working on projects to alleviate poverty.
