You get a humanitarian scientist.
Which is in no way mutually exclusive with being a Christian.
Just FYI, here is Norman Borlaug's Nobel Prize lecture.
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1970/borlaug-lecture.html
He wraps it up with stuff like this:
Then, by developing and applying the scientific and technological skills of the twentieth century for "the well-being of mankind throughout the world", he may still see Isaiah's prophesies come true: "... And the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose... And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water..." 7
And have a gander at the footnotes:
1. In what is now West Iran.
2. Amos 4:9.
3. Joel 1:17, 20.
4. Genesis 41:54.
5. Isaiah 8:21.
6. Lord John Boyd Orr (1880-1971), recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1949.
7. Isaiah 35:1, 7.
I don't know what his beliefs were, but that is an awful lot of biblical referencing for an atheist, I think.
Wikipedia doesn't shed much light on the subject, but it does say this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug
Borlaug was the great-grandchild of Norwegian immigrants to the United States. Ole Olson Dybevig and Solveig Thomasdotter Rinde, from Feios, a small village in Leikanger , Norway, emigrated to Dane , Wisconsin , in 1854. [citation needed] The family eventually moved to the small Norwegian-American community of Saude, near Cresco , Iowa . There they were members of the Saude Lutheran Church, where Norman was both baptized and confirmed.
He was also a trustee for Bread of the World.
http://www.bread.org/media/releases/norman-borlaug.html
Borlaug was one of the early trustees of Bread for the World, serving from 1975 through 1980. He is considered the father of the Green Revolution. As a plant pathologist, he introduced high-yielding wheat varieties and modern agricultural techniques to Mexico, Pakistan, and India. Mexico became a net exporter of wheat, while wheat yields doubled in Pakistan and India.
http://www.bread.org/about-us/
Bread for the World is a collective Christian voice urging our nation’s decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad.
Regarding Borlaug's funeral:
http://www.myharlingennews.com/?p=2888
Who: The service will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. David Beckman, Lutheran minister and Bread for the World director. Eulogies will be given by Dr. Robert M. Gates, U.S. Secretary of Defense; Tom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture; and M.S. Swaminathan, a member of the Indian Parliament and long-time friend of Borlaug’s.