Early Life and Education Norman Ernest Borlaug was born on March 25, 1914, on a farm near Cresco, Iowa, USA. Raised in a humble Norwegian-American farming family, Borlaug learned the values of hard work and resilience early in life. He attended a one-room schoolhouse and excelled academically and athletically. In 1933, during the Great Depression, Borlaug enrolled at the University of Minnesota, initially studying forestry. He later shifted to plant pathology and graduated with a Ph.D. in plant pathology and genetics in 1942. Career and the Birth of the Green…