[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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