Robin Forrest was appointed to a readership in Computing at UEA in 1974 and was promoted to a Chair in 1980, which he held until his retirement in January 2008.

During his career, Robin has been a revolutionary in computing having been in at the forefront of many computer graphics programs used today. In 1971, whilst a student at Cambridge, he defined the subject of Computational Geometry and published the first paper in the field.

His development of Bézier curves was used in Adobe Illustrator, PostScript, PDF and fonts for computer typography. He also published one of the first papers on scientific visualisation in 1979, on point-based rendering, He was a pioneer in 3D computer-aided design using curves (e.g. car bodies) and for creating computer-generated imagery for movies and games. He established computer graphics at UEA and helped the University to develop its international reputation in this field.

Robin also bought the first Macintosh computer in the East of England and trained his secretary in its use. With its novel use of a mouse, the MAC revolutionised the use of computers in everyday office life.

Throughout his career he has been invited to work in top universities in North America, India, China, Japan and Europe. He has spent considerable time at Xerox Parc in California, so much so that he is now quite a Californian wine buff!

We wish to recognise his contribution to the field and to award him the title of Emeritus Professor.