Senate Resolution 128 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                BY  GRONSTAL and IVERSON
  1  3 A Resolution to honor the life and work of Norman Borlaug.
  1  4    WHEREAS, the contributions of Norman Borlaug to the
  1  5 well=being of humanity cannot be overstated, as he has
  1  6 through his life's work saved one billion people from
  1  7 starvation to preserve 16 million square miles of
  1  8 global wildlife habitat; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, thanks to his vision and efforts 21st
  1 10 century farmers are feeding 6.3 billion people on the
  1 11 same farmland area that was inadequate to feed 1
  1 12 billion people in 1900; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, after winning the Nobel Peace Prize in
  1 14 1970, Professor Borlaug continued to work tirelessly,
  1 15 spending the next three decades working vigorously to
  1 16 bring the Green Revolution to Africa; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, as a result of his efforts in Africa, crop
  1 18 yields have doubled and tripled and sometimes
  1 19 quadrupled what traditional farming practices were
  1 20 yielding; and
  1 21    WHEREAS, at the age of 92 Professor Borlaug is
  1 22 still active and well=recognized for his
  1 23 contributions, having just been awarded the United
  1 24 States National Science Medal; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 25    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate, with
  1 26 deepest respect, honors and expresses its thanks to
  1 27 Professor Norman Borlaug, a Cresco, Iowa native, who
  1 28 has made it his life's work to feed the hungry and
  1 29 uplift the poor, and in doing so has made the 21st
  1 30 century a time of hope for billions of people.
  2  1 LSB 6617SS 81
  2  2 jr:rj/cf/24