In 1940, Norman E. Borlaug graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BS in Forestry. Dr. Borlaug’s skills as an athlete (especially wrestling) opened the door for him to attend the University of Minnesota, where he studied to be a forester, wrestled, and worked several odd jobs. After graduating in 1937 with a BS in Forestry, he went to work for the U.S. Forest Service, initially in Idaho and later in Massachusetts and Connecticut. He returned to graduate school at the University of Minnesota, and took up the study of plant pathology, receiving his Ph.D. in 1942. Years later, the University of Minnesota would house its plant pathology and agronomy programs in Borlaug Hall.