Borlaug, Dr. Norman Ernest b. March 25, 1914 d. September 12, 2009 Scientist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1970 for his work in developing new wheat varieties with markedly higher yields and other agricultural innovations in the developing world. He is considered the father of the "green revolution" because of his role in developing high-yield crop varieties which many experts credit with averting global famine during the second half of the 20th century. Said to have saved up to one billion lives by doubling world food production. In India and Pakistan...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser) Norman E. Borlaug Monument, Sonora, Mexico
Colosio, Luis Donaldo b. 1948 d. 1994 Political Figure. He was the presidential candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party known as the (PRI). Luis Donaldo Colosio campaigned against his own party vowing to clean up corruption and abuse of power. During a political rally attended by thousands in Tijuana, Mexico, a gunman while standing inches away from him put a bullet through his head and torso. A self made man, he had come far since his birth to poor ranchers in Magdalena del Kino located on the Sonoran Desert. He...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield) Municipal Cemetery, Magdalena del Kino, Sonora, Mexico
b. March 25, 1914 d. September 12, 2009
