- Awarded the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in fostering the "Green Revolution", the development of high-yield varieties of wheat which forestalled famine in the developing world.
- Awarded a Congressional Gold Medal on 17 July 2007 by President George W. Bush in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Medal was authorized by Public Law 109-395, approved 14 December 2006.
- Awarded the (USA) Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977.
- He left a job at DuPont to take a job in Mexico helping farmers improve their crop yields.
- Plant breeder and agronomist.
- His interest in improving crops began during his childhood on a farm, where he wondered why plants grew better in some places than others.
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