Beginning in 1970, the Dutch Mathematical Society, the Wiskundig Genootschap, began awarding its Brouwer Medal. Once every three years, the Brouwer Medal is awarded during the Netherlands Mathematical Congress to a prominent mathematician. The Medal is one of considerable international prestige. The following have received the award:

1970 R Thom

1973 A Robinson

1978 A Borel

1981 H Kesten

1984 J Moser

1987 Y Manin

1990 W M Wonham

1993 L Lovász

1996 W Hackbusch

1999 G Lusztig

2002 M Aizenman

2005 L Birgé

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