Alexander
(Lex)
Schrijver,
of
CWI,
Amsterdam
and
the
University
of
Amsterdam,
was
awarded
an
honorary
degree
at
the
June
2002
convocation
at
the
University
of
Waterloo.
Professor
Schrijver
is
one
of
the
world's
leading
researchers
in
discrete
optimization,
as
well
as
the
subject's
foremost
scholar.
Professor
Schrijver
is
the
author
of
the
landmark
books:
Theory
of
Linear
and
Integer
Programming
and
the
three-volume
Combinatorial
Optimization:
Polyhedra
and
Efficiency.
