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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the<BR>
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July&nbsp;7, 2005</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>CDW CORPORATION</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>36-3310735</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>200 N. Milwaukee Ave.</B>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.</B>

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(d)&nbsp;On July&nbsp;7, 2005, the Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) of CDW Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;),
appointed Thomas J. Hansen as a director, effective immediately. Mr.&nbsp;Hansen will serve on the
Board&#146;s Audit Committee. A press release issued by the Company regarding the appointment of Mr.
Hansen is furnished herewith as Exhibit&nbsp;99.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(c)&nbsp;Exhibits:


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


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    <TD align="left">Dated: July 7, 2005&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Barbara A. Klein
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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT 99</B>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Gary Ross
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Sr. Manager, Corp.

Communications
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">847-371-5048
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><u>garyross@cdw.com</u>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>THOMAS J. HANSEN ELECTED TO CDW BOARD OF

DIRECTORS</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">VERNON HILLS, Ill &#151; July&nbsp;7, 2005 &#151; CDW

Corporation (NASDAQ: CDWC), a leading provider of
technology products and services to business, government, and education, announced that Thomas J.
Hansen was elected to the company&#146;s Board of Directors, effective today, July&nbsp;7, 2005.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Hansen&#146;s election brings the number of directors on

the CDW Board to 11, 10 of whom, including
Hansen, are independent directors. Hansen will serve on the Board&#146;s Audit Committee.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&#147;Tom is skilled in creating business

opportunities,&#148; said John A. Edwardson, chairman and chief
executive officer, CDW. &#147;His experience in joint ventures and acquisitions will be of

particular
value to CDW as we selectively pursue strategic transactions.&#148;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Hansen is executive vice president of Illinois Tool

Works, Inc., a FORTUNE 200 diversified
manufacturing company that designs and produces an array of highly-engineered fasteners and
components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products and equipment for customers
around the world. He oversees $2.6&nbsp;billion of ITW&#146;s revenue, including the Automotive,

Industrial
Plastics &#038; Metals, and Fluids &#038; Electronic Packaging businesses. Prior to this role,

Hansen served
as president of ITW&#146;s Metal Fasteners and Components Group, a $500&nbsp;million business. He

has made
12 acquisitions during his ITW tenure, which dates back to 1980 when he joined Shakeproof, then

the
largest division of ITW.



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>Thomas J. Hansen elected to CDW Board of
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Hansen holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing degree
from Northern Illinois University and a
Master of Arts in Business Administration degree from Governors State University.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>About CDW</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">CDW&#174; (NASDAQ: CDWC), ranked No.&nbsp;347 on the
FORTUNE 500, is a leading provider of technology
products and services for business, government and education. CDW is a principal source of
technology from top name brands such as Adobe, APC, Apple, Cisco, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Sony,
Symantec, Toshiba and ViewSonic.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">CDW was founded in 1984 and today employs approximately
4,000 coworkers. In 2004, the company
generated sales of $5.7&nbsp;billion. CDW&#146;s direct model offers one-on-one relationships
with
knowledgeable account managers; purchasing by telephone, fax, the company&#146;s award-winning
CDW.com
web site, customized CDW@work&#153; extranets, CDWG.com web site and macwarehouse.com web site;
custom
configured solutions and same day shipping; and pre- and post-sales technical support, with
approximately 120 factory-trained and A&#043; certified technicians on staff.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Additional information can be found by visiting
<u>CDW.com</u>.



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