Kenneth Quinn (right) speaks in March 2014 during the unveiling of a statue of Norman Borlaug (behind podium) at Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. Borlaug was a humanitarian and Nobel laureate who founded the World Food Prize Foundation. Quinn took over as president of the foundation in 2000 after a long career with the U.S. State Department. Quinn, 76, plans to retire from his role with the foundation next year. (Gary Cameron/Reuters)

Kenneth Quinn: From Cambodia’s ‘killing fields’ to Iowa’s Field of Dreams

World Food Prize president reflects on 'very unusual' career.

June 18, 2019

For many, a trip to the House of Lords in London to be honored with a rarely given international humanitarian award for working to prevent genocide would be the culmination of a career.

But for Kenneth Quinn, 76, being only the second person bestowed with the Steven Krulis Champion of Humanity Distinguished Service Award presented by the Aegis Trust of Great Britain took a back seat to being honored in 2014 as the 23rd recipient of the Iowa Award.

The state’s highest citizen honor was established in 1948, and Quinn described earning it as “the pinnacle of recognition.”

In full: https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/kenneth-quinn-reflects-on-world-food-prize-diplomacy-20190617

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