Dr. Robin Wilson awarded the 2017 Stanton Medal of the ICA



Stanton Medals honour significant lifetime contributions to promoting the discipline of combinatorics through advocacy, outreach, service, teaching and/or mentoring.

Dr. Robin Wilson has, for fifty years, been an outstanding ambassador for graph theory to the general public.  He has lectured widely (giving some 1500 public lectures), and extended the reach of his lectures through television, radio, and videotape.  He has also published extensively (authoring or editing some 40 books) on combinatorial ideas, written in a style that is engaging and accessible.  He has provided direction, encouragement, and support to colleagues and students at all levels.  His superb talents at conveying the beauty of graph-theoretic ideas, and inviting his readers and listeners to join in, have enthused many students, teachers, and researchers. Professor Wilson’s advocacy and outreach for combinatorics continue to yield many positive impacts that are enjoyed by researchers and non-specialists alike. 

The Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications is an international scholarly society that was founded in 1990 by Ralph Stanton; the ICA was established for the purpose of promoting the development of combinatorics and of encouraging publications and conferences in combinatorics and its applications.


Attachment: Picture of Dr. Doug Stinson, President of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications making the award to Dr. Robin Wilson on March 6 2019 during the 50th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing.  Photo credit: Sarah Holliday

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