grace hopper
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GRACE HOPPERBy: Joyce Blasingame
Grace Hopper
Teacher
Mathematician
Computer Scientist
Inventor
Systems Designer
Software Programmer
Marketing Whiz
Military Leader
Grace Brewster Murray Hopper
December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992 Married in 1930 Husband died in 1945
Education
• 1928 BA from Vassar College• 1930 MA from Yale University• 1934 PhD from Yale University
Admiral Hopper
1943 United States Naval Reserve
1946 Harvard’s Computation Laboratory
1949 Senior Mathematician at Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation
1955 Sperry Corporation 1967 Leader in the NDAC 1986 Retired from Navy with
rank Rear Admiral, Senior Consultant to DEC
Compiler
First Computer “Bug”
Military Medals
Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal
American Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with two Hourglass Devices
Naval Reserve Medal
Quote from Retirement
Speech"Our young people are
the future. We must provide for them. We must give them the
positive leadership they're looking for...You manage things; you lead people."
Interview with David Letterman
USS Hopper
Grace Hopper Conference
Resources
www.history.navy.mil/bios/hopper_grace.htm
www.gracehopper.org
www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/hopper-story.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ0g5_NgRao