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Statue in U.S. Capitol Honors ELCA Member Norman Borlaug

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Date Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:28:48 -0500

Title: Statue in U.S. Capitol Honors ELCA Member Norman Borlaug
ELCA NEWS SERVICE

>March 24, 2011  

Statue in U.S. Capitol Honors ELCA Member Norman Borlaug
11-038-JB

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The state of Iowa will honor the late Dr. Norman E.
Borlaug with a statue in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall. Borlaug, a
prominent agricultural scientist at Texas A&M University and member of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), was the 1970 Nobel
Peace Prize recipient.

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