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Gates Foundation Contributes to Texas A&M Borlaug Scholars Fund
USAgNet - 11/06/2009
An endowment contribution from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to honor Dr. Norman Borlaug, 'the father of the Green Revolution,' will help the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
train future international agricultural leaders. The foundation's $1 million endowment contribution to the memorial Borlaug International Scholars fund will be used to build productive partnerships between
students, scientists and farmers in developing countries and U.S. land-grant universities. This gift was the first major donation to the memorial fund, which was established through the nonprofit Texas A&M
Foundation.
"The grant to the Borlaug International Scholars Fund will allow students with demonstrated commitment to fighting global hunger further their educations,” said Dr. Don Doering, a program officer in the
Agricultural Development initiative at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. "Training future generations of scientists is crucial to helping millions of small farmers and their families lift themselves out of hunger
and poverty with new knowledge and tools.”
Borlaug, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who launched the Green Revolution in the 1960s, was a distinguished professor at Texas A&M from 1984 until his death Sept. 12 at age 95. He also was awarded
the Congressional Gold Medal and Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work, and has been credited with saving more lives than anyone in history.
Prior to his death, Borlaug and his family worked with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Texas A&M Foundation to create the fund as a means to help fulfill his vision of ending world
hunger.
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