General Electric College Bowl Records

The College Bowl grew out of a USO activity in World War II to begin as a radio program in 1953 under sponsorship of the General Electric Company, and in 1959 it became a television program. Questions were asked to two collegiate undergraduate teams, and the team with the fastest response and highest number of correct answers won the match and returned the following week. Winning schools received a General Electric scholarship grant. The program ran on CBS from 1959 to 1963, then on NBC from 1963 to 1970. In 1977, it became a non-televised national championship across the United States that lasted for 31 years. Through a variety of spinoffs, revivals, and permutations, it continues to exist to this day.

The University of Nevada received an invitation to participate and appeared on the show May 19, 1963. Traveling to New York City with team coach Harold Kirkpatrick, the Nevada team of David Cooper, Carl Dale Donothan, Judy Garwood, Steve Miller, and alternate Lynn Gerow competed against Yeshiva University, losing 285-195.