Earl W. Adams , KCOBA Atlanta treasurer and KCOBA Newsletter webmaster, recently received the James P. Rozelle outstanding programmer award from the J. Mack Robinson School of Business at Georgia State University in Atlanta , Georgia . He received the award at the school's annual Honors Day ceremony held on March 29, 2006 at the Rialto Theatre in downtown Atlanta .
Earl Adams and family at Award Ceremony
Each year, the computer information systems department honors the student in the CIS program with the most outstanding academic record in the programming courses. Called the James P. Rozelle Outstanding Programmer award, it is named for a former faculty member of the CIS department at Georgia State University . Winners of this award receive a cash award and their names are engraved on a plaque that hangs in the lobby of the CIS department.