Published Thursday, September 09, 2010 12:05 AM

A&M event to honor late science prof

Eagle Staff Report

Texas A&M will host an all-day event Tuesday to honor the legacy of Norman Borlaug, the Nobel Prize-winning soil and crop sciences professor who died at age 95 last September.

The Borlaug Legacy Series will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Rudder Theatre on the Texas A&M campus and is free and open to the public.

Events include:

9 a.m.: Welcome and introduction by Edwin Price, director of the Borlaug Institute

9:15 a.m.: Lecture by Roger Thurow titled "Enough."

10 a.m.: Question-and-answer session

10:30 a.m.: Book signing with Thurow

11 a.m.: Panel discussion about how the U.S. is handling food security with Eric Bost, former ambassador to South Africa; Donald Teitelbaum, ambassador to Ghana; and Larry Napper, former ambassador to Kazakhstan and Latvia.

12:30 p.m.: Invited luncheon

3 p.m.: Student panel response to food security and Borlaug's legacy

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