The Story of Grace Hopper
Series created by Rajesh Lalwani
Mon, Sep 20, 2021 • 3:58 AM
Grace Brewster Murray Hopper was an American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. One of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, she was a pioneer of computer programming who invented one of the first linkers.
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Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992): A legacy of innovation and service | YaleNews
On Feb. 11, President Peter Salovey announced that he and the Yale Corporation had voted to change the name of Calhoun College, one of the university's undergraduate residential colleges, to honor alumna Grace Murray Hopper. Grace Brewster Murray Hopper was a computer pioneer and naval officer.
Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age | The MIT Press
The career of computer visionary Grace Murray Hopper, whose innovative work in programming laid the foundations for the user-friendliness of today's personal computers that sparked the information age.
The Younger Years of Grace Murray Hopper
Programming pioneer Grace Murray Hopper had an early love of mathematics, but also played like any other kid. Learn about her young life.
Grace Hopper: Admiral of the Cyber Sea - Kathleen Broome Williams - Google Books
When grace Hopper retired as a rear admiral from the U.S. Navy in 1986, she was the first woman restricted line officer to reach flag rank and, at the age of seventy-nine, the oldest serving officer in the Navy. A mathematician by training who became a computer scientist, the eccentric and outspoken Hopper helped propel the Navy into the computer age.
Bibliography
We try our best to fact check. Here are some of the sources we used for this story.
Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992): A legacy of innovation and service | YaleNews
On Feb. 11, President Peter Salovey announced that he and the Yale Corporation had voted to change the name of Calhoun College, one of the university's undergraduate residential colleges, to honor alumna Grace Murray Hopper. Grace Brewster Murray Hopper was a computer pioneer and naval officer.
Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age | The MIT Press
The career of computer visionary Grace Murray Hopper, whose innovative work in programming laid the foundations for the user-friendliness of today's personal computers that sparked the information age.
The Younger Years of Grace Murray Hopper
Programming pioneer Grace Murray Hopper had an early love of mathematics, but also played like any other kid. Learn about her young life.
Grace Hopper: Admiral of the Cyber Sea - Kathleen Broome Williams - Google Books
When grace Hopper retired as a rear admiral from the U.S. Navy in 1986, she was the first woman restricted line officer to reach flag rank and, at the age of seventy-nine, the oldest serving officer in the Navy. A mathematician by training who became a computer scientist, the eccentric and outspoken Hopper helped propel the Navy into the computer age.