[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 363 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 363
Designating October 16, 2004, as ``World Food Prize Day''.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 14, 2004
Mr. Coleman (for himself and Mr. Dayton) submitted the following
resolution; which was considered and agreed to
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RESOLUTION
Designating October 16, 2004, as ``World Food Prize Day''.
Whereas Dr. Norman E. Borlaug founded the World Food Prize Foundation, an
organization that honors people who have improved the quantity and
quality of food worldwide;
Whereas Dr. Borlaug received his bachelor of science degree in forestry and his
master's and doctorate degrees in plant pathology from the University of
Minnesota;
Whereas Dr. Borlaug has received over 35 honorary doctorate degrees from
institutions in the United States and abroad;
Whereas Dr. Borlaug is hailed as the ``Father of the Green Revolution'' for
developing strains of high-yield, disease-resistant wheat that have
increased food production and helped feed the hungry;
Whereas Dr. Borlaug received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for expanding food
production, reversing food shortages in India and Pakistan, and feeding
hundreds of millions of people throughout the world;
Whereas Dr. Borlaug received the National Academy of Science's highest honor,
the Public Welfare Medal, in 2002 for his work to fight hunger; and
Whereas Dr. Borlaug is believed to have saved more lives than any other person
who has ever lived, thanks to his decades-long crusade to deliver
millions from starvation and human suffering: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) designates October 16, 2004, as ``World Food Prize
Day''; and
(2) commends the contributions made to the disciplines of
agriculture and science toward the goal of eliminating world
hunger.
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