▁A lic ia ▁Anderson - L ask er ) ▁of ▁Hill i ard ▁Ohio , ▁ ▁was ▁recognized ▁at ▁the ▁Ohio ▁University ▁home ▁game ▁versus ▁Bow ling ▁Green ▁on ▁September ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁ ▁R uf us ▁was ▁the ▁popular ▁choice ▁for ▁many ▁fans ▁because ▁Lyn x ▁r uf us ▁is ▁the ▁species ▁name ▁for ▁the ▁b ob cat . ▁Other ▁fans ▁made ▁the ▁connection ▁with ▁R uf us ▁Put nam , ▁who ▁pres ided ▁over ▁the ▁meeting ▁to ▁form ▁the ▁Ohio ▁Company ▁of ▁Associ ates ▁that ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁Ohio ▁University . ▁ ▁R uf us ▁Put nam ▁was ▁also ▁on ▁the ▁first ▁board ▁of ▁trust ees ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁from ▁ 1 8 0 4 ▁to ▁ 1 8 2 4 , ▁and ▁was ▁given ▁the ▁honor ▁with ▁the ▁naming ▁of ▁Put nam ▁Hall ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 6 . ▁ ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁coinc iding ▁with ▁a ▁major ▁space ▁conference ▁being ▁held ▁on ▁campus , ▁R uf us ▁the ▁Bob cat ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁college ▁mas cot ▁name ▁to ▁vent ure ▁into ▁deep ▁inter stell ar ▁space , ▁after ▁his ▁name ▁was ▁submitted ▁by ▁Michael ▁Mass a ▁to ▁be ▁included ▁among ▁the ▁names ▁of ▁other ▁individuals ▁on ▁a ▁registry ▁to ▁be ▁transport ed ▁on board ▁the ▁Mars ▁region ally ▁bound ▁Or ion ▁NASA ▁test ▁Space craft . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁R uf us ' ▁name ▁was ▁also ▁included ▁on