Borlaug, BAWR lawg, Norman Ernest (1914-...), an American agricultural scientist, received the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for developing new and higher-yielding varieties of wheat. In 1944, the Rockefeller Foundation sent Borlaug to Mexico to develop varieties that would increase wheat production in tropical regions. By the mid-1960's, Borlaug's wheat had greatly increased Mexican harvests. From 1960 to 1963, Borlaug served as the director of the Inter-American Food Crop Program. He was director of wheat programs for the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center from 1964 to 1979.