Death of a Great man: Norman Borloug will be missed

[paximperium]

A great man who helped feed countless millions has died recently.
Norman E. Borlaug, the plant scientist who did more than anyone else in the 20th century to teach the world to feed itself and whose work was credited with saving hundreds of millions of lives, died Saturday night. He was 95 and lived in Dallas.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/business/energy-environment/14borlaug.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1252857649-TKYVRMKZjQoW6pGqe9frKg
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE58C0KM20090913

[ravdin]

I'm more surprised than I should be at how little attention Norman Borlaug's death has received. I can't help thinking about the prolonged public wailing over the death of a certain US senator who is completely unworthy of comparison to Borlaug. It's a sad reflection on our culture that the passing of a great scientist has generated so little notice in the media.

Here's a short list of honors Borlaug received for his work.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-borlaug-honors,0,4561639.story

[Policenaut]

I only heard about him when P&T highlighted him in an episode of BS. He will be forgotten by tomorrow but we'll still be talking about Jackson's funeral for months.