The Bob Cold Award

The Bob Cold Award is given annually to the outstanding senior Computer Science major. The award is named after Bob Cold, a U. S. Army officer who came back to school to complete his B.S. degree in Computer Science under the Army's "Bootstrap" Program. Approximately one semester before he was to graduate, Bob was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Instead of quitting school, Bob decided to complete his degree. He died approximately 6 weeks after he graduated. Bob's fellow Bootstrappers decided to collect some money and use it as the basis for the award.