EXHIBIT 10(jj)

                           CDW COMPUTER CENTERS, INC.
                             RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD

                  CDW  Computer  Centers,  Inc.,  an Illinois  corporation  (the
"Company"),  hereby grants to John A. Edwardson (the  "Employee") on January 28,
2001 (the "Grant  Date"),  a  restricted  stock  award (the  "Award") of 100,000
shares of the Company's Common Stock,  par value $.01 per share ("Stock"),  upon
and subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions set forth below.

                  1. Award Subject to  Acceptance of Agreement.  The Award shall
become null and void unless the  Employee  shall (a) accept  this  Agreement  by
executing it in the space provided below and returning it to the Company and (b)
execute  and return  one or more  irrevocable  stock  powers to  facilitate  the
transfer to the Company (or its  assignee or nominee) of all or a portion of the
shares  subject to the Award,  if shares are  forfeited  pursuant to Paragraph 4
hereof  or if  required  under  applicable  laws  or  regulations.  As  soon  as
practicable  after the Employee has executed this Agreement and such stock power
or powers and returned the same to the  Company,  the Company  shall cause to be
issued in the Employee's name a stock  certificate or certificates  representing
the total number of shares of Stock subject to the Award.

                  2. Rights as a Stockholder.  The Employee shall have the right
to vote the shares of Stock  subject to the Award and to receive  dividends  and
other distributions  thereon unless and until such shares are forfeited pursuant
to Paragraph 4 hereof; provided,  however, that a dividend or other distribution
(including,  without limitation,  a stock dividend or stock split), other than a
regular  cash  dividend,  shall be  delivered  to the Company  (and the Employee
shall, if requested by the Company,  execute and return one or more  irrevocable
stock powers related  thereto) and shall be subject to the same  restrictions as
the shares of Stock with  respect to which such  dividend or other  distribution
was made.

                  3. Custody and Delivery of Certificates  Representing  Shares.
The Company shall hold the certificate or certificates  representing  the shares
of Stock subject to the Award until such Award shall have vested, in whole or in
part,  pursuant to Paragraph 4 hereof,  and the Company shall as soon thereafter
as  practicable,  subject to Paragraph 6.3 hereof,  deliver the  certificate  or
certificates  for the vested  shares to the Employee and destroy the stock power
or powers  relating  to the vested  shares.  If such stock  power or powers also
relate to unvested shares, the Company may require,  as a condition precedent to
delivery of any  certificate  pursuant to this  Paragraph 3, the  execution  and
delivery to the Company of one or more irrevocable stock powers relating to such
unvested shares.

                  4.  Restriction  Period and Vesting.  (a) The Award shall vest
(i) with  respect to 25,000  shares of Stock  subject  to the Award,  subject to
adjustment  as  provided  in  Paragraph  6.4  hereof,  on each of the first four
anniversaries  of the Grant Date or (ii) earlier  pursuant to Paragraph  4(b) or
4(c) hereof (the "Restriction Period").

                  (b)  If,  during  the  Restriction   Period,   the  Employee's
employment with the Company  terminates for any reason, the portion of the Award
which is not vested as of the effective  date of the  Employee's  termination of
employment shall be forfeited by the Employee and such portion shall be canceled
by the Company;  provided,  however,  that (1) if the  Employee's  employment is
terminated  pursuant to Section 4(a) or 4(b) of the Employment  Agreement  dated
the date  hereof  (the  "Employment  Agreement")  between  the  Company  and the
Employee,  the portion of the Award which is not vested as of the effective date
of the  Employee's  termination  of employment  shall  immediately  become fully
vested and (2) if the  Employee's  employment is terminated  pursuant to Section
4(d) or 4(f) of the Employment  Agreement,  one-half of the portion of the Award
which is not vested as of the effective  date of the  Employee's  termination of
employment shall  immediately  become fully vested and the other one-half of the
portion of the Award which is not vested as of such date shall be  forfeited  by
the Employee and canceled by the Company.

                  (c) In the  event of a Change  in  Control,  the  Award  shall
immediately  become fully  vested.  For purposes of this  Agreement,  "Change in
Control"  shall  have the  meaning  set forth in the  Transitional  Compensation
Agreement  dated the date hereof between the Company and Employee,  as such term
may be  amended  from  time  to  time  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of such
Transitional Compensation Agreement.

                  5.  Termination of Award. In the event that the Employee shall
forfeit  all or a portion  of the  shares of Stock  subject  to the  Award,  the
Employee shall promptly return this Agreement to the Company for full or partial
cancellation,  as  the  case  may  be.  Such  cancellation  shall  be  effective
regardless of whether the Employee returns this Agreement.

                  6.       Additional Terms and Conditions of Award.
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                  6.1.  Nontransferability  of  Award.  During  the  Restriction
Period,  the shares of Stock subject to the Award and not then vested may not be
transferred  by the  Employee  other  than by will or the  laws of  descent  and
distribution.  Except as  permitted  by the  foregoing,  during the  Restriction
Period,  the shares of Stock subject to the Award and not then vested may not be
sold,  transferred,  assigned,  pledged,  hypothecated,  encumbered or otherwise
disposed  of  (whether  by  operation  of law or  otherwise)  or be  subject  to
execution,  attachment or similar  process.  Any such attempted sale,  transfer,
assignment,  pledge,  hypothecation or encumbrance, or other disposition of such
shares shall be null and void.

                  6.2. Investment Representation.  The Employee hereby covenants
that (a) any sale of any share of Stock  acquired  upon the vesting of the Award
shall be made either pursuant to an effective  registration  statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the  "Securities  Act"),  and any applicable
state securities laws, or pursuant to an exemption from  registration  under the
Securities Act and such state  securities laws and (b) the Employee shall comply
with all regulations and requirements of any regulatory authority having control
of or supervision over the issuance of the shares and, in connection  therewith,
shall execute any documents which the Compensation  Committee (the  "Committee")
of the  Board of  Directors  shall  in its sole  discretion  deem  necessary  or
advisable.

                  6.3.  Withholding  Taxes. (a) As a condition  precedent to the
delivery  to the  Employee  of any shares of Stock  subject  to the  Award,  the
Employee shall,  upon request by the Company,  pay to the Company such amount of
cash as the Company may be required,  under all applicable federal, state, local
or other  laws or  regulations,  to  withhold  and pay over as  income  or other
withholding  taxes (the "Required Tax Payments")  with respect to the Award.  If
the Employee  shall fail to advance the Required Tax Payments  after  request by
the  Company,  the  Company  may, in its  discretion,  deduct any  Required  Tax
Payments  from any  amount  then or  thereafter  payable  by the  Company to the
Employee.

                  (b) The  Employee  may  elect to  satisfy  his  obligation  to
advance the  Required  Tax Payments by any of the  following  means:  (1) a cash
payment to the Company pursuant to Paragraph 6.3(a) hereof,  (2) delivery to the
Company of  previously  owned whole shares of Stock (which the Employee has held
for at least  six  months  prior to the  delivery  of such  shares  or which the
Employee purchased on the open market and for which the Employee has good title,
free and  clear of all  liens  and  encumbrances)  having a Fair  Market  Value,
determined  as of the date the  obligation to withhold or pay taxes first arises
in  connection  with the  Award  (the "Tax  Date"),  equal to the  Required  Tax
Payments,  or (3) a cash payment by a  broker-dealer  acceptable  to the Company
through whom the Employee has sold the shares with respect to which the Required
Tax Payments have arisen. The Committee shall have sole discretion to disapprove
of an  election  pursuant  to either  clause  (2) or (3).  Shares of Stock to be
delivered  may have a Fair Market  Value in excess of the minimum  amount of the
Required Tax  Payments,  but not in excess of the amount  determined by applying
the Employee's maximum marginal tax rate. Any fraction of a share of Stock which
would be required to satisfy such an  obligation  shall be  disregarded  and the
remaining  amount  due  shall be paid in cash by the  Employee.  No  certificate
representing a share of Stock shall be delivered until the Required Tax Payments
have been satisfied in full. For purposes of this Agreement, "Fair Market Value"
shall  mean the  closing  sale  price of a share of Common  Stock on the  NASDAQ
National  Market on the date as of which such value is being  determined  or, if
there shall be no sale on such date, on the next preceding date for which a sale
was  reported;  provided  that if Fair  Market  Value  for any  date  cannot  be
determined  as above  provided,  Fair Market  Value shall be  determined  by the
Committee  by  whatever  means or method  as the  Committee,  in the good  faith
exercise of its discretion, shall at such time deem appropriate.

                  6.4.  Adjustment.  In the  event  of any  stock  split,  stock
dividend, recapitalization,  reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination,
exchange  of  shares,   liquidation,   spin-off  or  other  similar   change  in
capitalization  or event,  or any  distribution to holders of Stock other than a
regular cash dividend, the number and class of shares subject to the Award shall
be  appropriately  adjusted by the  Committee.  The  decision  of the  Committee
regarding any such adjustment shall be final, binding and conclusive.

                  6.5.  Compliance  with Applicable Law. The Award is subject to
the condition that if the listing,  registration or  qualification of the shares
subject  to the Award  upon any  securities  exchange  or under any law,  or the
consent or approval of any governmental  body, or the taking of any other action
is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection  with, the vesting
or delivery of shares  hereunder,  the shares of Stock  subject to the Award may
not be  delivered,  in whole  or in part,  unless  such  listing,  registration,
qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained, free of
any  conditions  not  acceptable  to the  Company.  The  Company  agrees  to use
reasonable  best  efforts  to effect or obtain any such  listing,  registration,
qualification, consent or approval.

                  6.6.  Transfer Taxes. The Company shall pay all original issue
or  transfer  taxes  and all fees  and  expenses  incident  to the  delivery  of
certificates  pursuant to Paragraph 3 hereof,  except as  otherwise  provided in
Paragraph 6.3 hereof.

                  6.7.  Award Confers No Rights to Continued  Employment.  In no
event shall the granting of the Award or its  acceptance by the Employee give or
be deemed to give the Employee any right to continued  employment by the Company
or any affiliate of the Company.

                  6.8. Decisions of Board or Committee. The Committee shall have
the right to resolve all questions which may arise in connection with the Award.
Any interpretation, determination or other action made or taken by the Committee
regarding this Agreement shall be final, binding and conclusive.

                  7.       Miscellaneous Provisions.
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                  7.1. Meaning of Certain Terms. As used herein, the term "vest"
shall mean no longer  subject to forfeiture  and all rights  hereunder  shall be
deemed to be vested.  As used herein,  employment  by the Company  shall include
employment by a corporation which is a "subsidiary  corporation" of the Company,
as such term is defined in section 424 of the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code"). References in this Agreement to sections of the Code shall
be  deemed  to  refer to any  successor  section  of the  Code or any  successor
internal revenue law.

                  7.2.  Successors.  This  Agreement  shall be binding  upon and
inure to the  benefit of any  successor  or  successors  of the  Company and any
person or persons who shall, upon the death of the Employee,  acquire any rights
hereunder in accordance with this Agreement.

                  7.3. Notices.  All notices,  requests or other  communications
provided for in this  Agreement  shall be made in writing either (a) by personal
delivery to the party entitled  thereto,  (b) by facsimile with  confirmation of
receipt,  (c) by mailing in the United States mails to the last known address of
the party  entitled  thereto  or (d) by express  courier  service.  The  notice,
request or other  communication  shall be deemed to be  received  upon  personal
delivery,  upon  confirmation  of receipt  of  facsimile  transmission,  or upon
receipt  by the party  entitled  thereto  if by United  States  mail or  express
courier  service;  provided,  however,  that  if  a  notice,  request  or  other
communication  is not received during regular business hours, it shall be deemed
to be received on the next succeeding business day of the Company.

                  7.4. Governing Law. This Agreement and all determinations made
and actions taken pursuant hereto, to the extent not governed by the laws of the
United  States,  shall be  governed  by the laws of the  State of  Illinois  and
construed in  accordance  therewith  without  giving effect to conflicts of laws
principles.

                  7.5.  Counterparts.  This  Agreement  may be  executed  in two
counterparts  each of  which  shall  be  deemed  an  original  and both of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.


                               CDW COMPUTER CENTERS, INC.


                               By:    /s/ Michael P. Krasny
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                               Name:  Michael P. Krasny
                               Title: Chairman

Accepted this 28th day of January, 2001.

/s/ John A. Edwardson
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 John A. Edwardson