"Born in 1914, raised on a small farm, and educated in a one-room schoolhouse, Norm learned to work hard and excelled in sports. Against odds and adversity, Norm studied forestry and eventually became a plant scientist, dedicating his life's work to ending world hunger. Working in obscurity in the wheat fields of Mexico, Norm and his team developed disease resistant plants, and when widespread famine threatened India and Pakistan, Norm worked along poor farmers, battled bureaucracy, and fearlessly stood up to heads of state to save millions of lives from mass starvation. Often called the "Father of the Green Revolution," Norm helped lay the groundwork for agricultural technological advances that alleviated world hunger and he went on to win the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1970. He was a true hero for the hungry"-- Provided by publisher.