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Grace Hopper - Math Historical Project
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Grace
Hopper
Early life
Born: December 9, 1906 in NY, NY
Parents: Mary and Walter
Early Life
From a young age, Hopper was interested in math and mechanics. She would take apart household items in order to put them back together.
Died: January 1, 1992
Age: 85 years old
Young Hopper learning about gears
Education
Grace Hopper in her 20s-30s
Education
- Attended a prep school in New Jersey
- A member of Phi Delta Kappa (PDK)
- Graduated from Vassar College with a degree in Mathematics and Physics
- Graduated from Yale University with a Masters - 1930
- Taught at Vassar College while going back to Yale University to get PhD in Mathematics - 1934
Hopper teaching a class at Vassar
Adult life
1943 - At 37, Hopper left her teaching position at Vassar and ...
Adult Life
- Joined the Navy and assigned to the Ordance Computation Project and worked on the Mark I (Harvard computer)
- Became a Research Fellow at Harvard University (Engineering and Applied Physics)
- 1949 - Joined the Eckert Mauchly Corporation
- Helped create the first (all electrical) digital computer (UNIVAC)
- 1952 - Invented first ever computer compiler
- 1959 - Co-Developed COBOL (first ever standard computer language)
- Gave over 300 lectures on computer programing
and software a year
Grace Hopper working with her team
Awards
- 1972 - Yale Wilbur Lucas Cross Medal
- 1979 - Named a distinguished fellow of the British Computer Society
- 1987 - Defense Distinguished Service Medal
- 1991- National Medal of Technology by President Bush
- 1996 - Navy commissioned the U.S.S. Hopper, a guided missile destroyer
- 2016 - (Posthumously) Presidential Medal of Freedom
Fun Facts About Hopper
Grace Hopper coined the term "bug" and "debugging" refering to computer errors.
Fun Facts
Due to her contributions to the field, Grace Hopper is also known as the "Mother of Computing".
Navy
Grace Hopper was a very active member of the Navy all throughout her life.
Navy
- 1943 - Hopper joined Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service)
- 1944 - Promoted to lieutenant and assigned to the Ordance Computation Project at Harvard
- 1966 - Promoted to Commander and joined the Navy reserves
- 1967 - Age 60, Hopper is called to active duty
- Chief of Naval Opperations Staff, Director of Navy Progressive Language group
- 1973 - Promoted to Captain
- 1983 - Promoted to Commodore
- 1985 - Promoted to Rear Admiral
- 1987 - Hopper retires
- 1992 - Hopper dies and is buried with full military honors in the Arlington National Cemetery
Grace Hopper, Navy
War
Hopper was alive for both WWII and the Cold War
War
During WWII, Hopper did calculations of rocket trajectories, created range tables for new guns, and calculated minesweepers. Hooper was also a member of the group who completed calculations used by John von Neumann (the person who developed the Nagasaki bomb)
Sources
- https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/grace-hopper
- https://news.yale.edu/2017/02/10/grace-murray-hopper-1906-1992-legacy-innovation-and-service
- https://president.yale.edu/biography-grace-murray-hopper#:~:text=In%201952%20she%20developed%20the,toward%20creating%20modern%20programming%20languages.