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22. Grace Hopper Grace Hopper Inventor of the Computer Compiler The Wit and Wisdom of Grace Hopper Mother of the Computer The Women of ENIAC http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/inventors/hopper.html

Grace Hopper Grace Hopper was born in 1906. She received her B.A. from Vassar and her Ph.D. in mathematics from Yale. In 1943, Grace Hopper joined the Navy WAVES. Commissioned a lieutenant in July 1944, she reported to the Bureau of Ordnance Computation Project where she was quickly put to work at the Mark I and later Mark II computing machines. Grace Hopper's importance in the fledgling area of computers lay in her development of the computer compiler. Her compilar freed programmers from having to write repetitive codes and ensured fewer errors. Rather than having programmers repeat each set of instructions every time particular instructions were needed, instructions that were common to all programs were available in the computer's own memory and could be referred to when needed. Grace Hopper pioneered the use of natural language in programming that would lead to the creation of COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language) for the UNIVAC, the first commercial electronic computer. Disregarding the naysayers who said English couldn't be used to instruct computers, Hopper used well-known English words and terms instead of computerese to capture the semantics and operators of data processing.

23. Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper Amazing grace hopper was Born December 9, 1906 to Walter and Mary Murray in New York City. In 1986, at eighty, grace hopper retired from the Navy. http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/Hopper.Danis.html

Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper by Sharron Ann Danis Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper Born: December 9, 1906, New York City; Died, January 1, 1992, Alexandria, VA Rear Admiral Hopper was a computer programmer and strong supporter of COBOL programming language. She was a speaker and teacher for the Navy. Education: BA, Mathematics and Physics, Vassar College, 1928; MA, Mathematics,Yale University, 1930; Ph.D., Mathematics, Yale University, 1934 Professional Experience: Associate Professor, Vassar College, 1931 - 1943; Mathematical Officer, US Navy Bureau of Ordinance, 1944-1946; Senior Mathematician, Eckert-Machly Computer Corporation, 1949-1967; Systems Engineer, Sperry Corporation, 1952-1964; Senior consultant, Digital Equipment Corporation, 1986 - 1988. Honors and Awards: Phi Beta Kappa, 1928; Man-of-the-year, Data Processing Management Association, 1969; Legion of Merit, 1973; Distinguished Fellow, British Computer Society, 1973; National Medal of Technology; Navy Meritorious Service Medal, 1980; Defense Distinguished Service Medal, 1986; Admiral Hopper received 47 honorary degrees. "Amazing Grace" Hopper was Born December 9, 1906 to Walter and Mary Murray in New York City. Hopper was the eldest of three children, followed by sister Mary, 3 years younger and brother Roger, 5 years younger. As a child, Hopper spent most of her summers at her family's cottage on Lake Wentworth in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Her childhood was a typical one of climbing trees, playing hide-and-seek and other games with her sister, brother and cousins. From her mother, she and her sister Mary also learned needlepoint and cross-stitch. She also enjoyed reading and playing the piano.

24. WIC Biography - Grace Hopper The woman who worked on the first commercial computer. http://www.wic.org/bio/ghopper.htm

Grace Hopper Mother of the Computer The late Rear Admiral Grace Hopper's spectacular scientific achievements have become international. She had changed the ever-growing world of the computer. As a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vassar, she went on to receive a M.A. and Ph.D. degree at Yale. Her return to Vassar as an assistant in mathematics progressed to an associate professorship and further studies at New York University. She brought her mathematical abilities to the nation when, in 1943, she entered the U.S. Naval Reserve commissioned as lieutenant. As a senior mathematician with Sperry Rand, she worked on the first commercial computer. As Director of Automatic Programming, she published the first paper on compilers in 1952. Since that time she has published over fifty papers on software and on programming languages. While on active duty with the Naval Data Automation Command, this remarkable woman traveled throughout the world speaking to thousands about the future of computers. She had contributed over $34,000 to the Navy Relief Society from honoraria she had received on those engagements. WIC Main Page Biographies Words of Wisdom Newsletter ... Living Legacy Awards

25. Inventor Grace Murray Hopper Fascinating facts about grace hopper inventor of the first computer compiler in 1952. http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/hopper.htm

Grace Murray Hopper Fascinating facts about Grace Hopper inventor of the first computer compiler in 1952. Hopper, Grace Murray (1906-1992), American Navy officer, mathematician, and pioneer in data processing, born in New York City and educated at Vassar College and at Yale University. An associate professor of mathematics at Vassar, In 1930 Grace Brewster Murray married Vincent Foster Hopper. (He died in 1945 during World War II, and they had no children.) Hopper joined the Navy in 1943. She was assigned to Howard Aiken's computation lab at Harvard University, where she worked as a programmer on the Mark I, the first large-scale U.S. computer and a precursor of electronic computers. TO LEARN MORE RELATED INFORMATION: History of Computing from The Great Idea Finder Women Inventors, A Class Act from The Great Idea Finder ON THE BOOKSHELF Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women by Catherine Thimmesh, Melissa Sweet (Ill) / Hardcover - 64 pages (2000) / Houghton Mifflin A dozen women are profiled in this collection of short, anecdotal biographies demonstrating that necessity, ingenuity, and luck all play a part in successful inventions. The final section tells girls how to patent their inventions, and an informed bibliography will do just that.

26. GHC - 2004 The fourth in a series of conferences designed to bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront. Includes schedule and hotel information. http://www.gracehopper.org/

Click on the menu items (above) for sub-directory links Agenda Travel Info Invited Speakers Author Info ... Academic Sponsor Benefits SAVE THE DATE GRACE HOPPER CELEBRATION 2006 October 4-7, 2006 San Diego, California 2004 CONFERENCE Photo Album 2004 Proceeding The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2004 is the fifth in a series of conferences designed to bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront. Presenters are leaders in their respective fields, representing industrial, academic and government communities. Leading researchers present their current work, while special sessions focus on the role of women in today's technology fields. Past Grace Hopper Celebrations have resulted in collaborative proposals, networking and mentoring for junior women, and increased visibility for the contributions of women in computing. This year's theme, "Making History," marks the 10 year anniversary of the Grace Hopper Conference by recognizing the history makers - past, present, and future - in our community. If you attended the conference please take our online survery and tell us what you thought!!!

27. Institute For Women And Technology: Grace Hopper Celebration Fifth semiannual conference for women in computing. Includes general information about the conference including dates. http://www.iwt.org/grace-hopper.html

We have a new website!!! http://www.anitaborg.org 5th Grace Hopper Celebration of Women and Computing Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers October 6th - 9th, 2004 Co-founded by Dr. Anita Borg and Dr. Telle Whitney in 1994 and inspired by the legacy of Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, the Institute's Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) Of Women In Computing Conference is designed to bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront. It is the largest technical conference for women in computing and results in collaborative proposals, networking and mentoring for junior women and increased visibility for the contributions of women in computing. Conference presenters are leaders in their respective fields, representing industry, academia and government. Top researchers present their work while special sessions focus on the role of women in today's technology fields. Four Grace Hopper Celebration Conferences have been held (conference posters above) reaching over 1500 participants. The 1994 conference was held in Washington D.C. followed by the 1997 conference in San Jose, CA and the 2000 conference in Cape Cod, MA. The 2002 GHC conference was held October 9th-12th, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The theme for the 2002 conference was "Ubiquity".

28. Hopper, Grace Murray Short biography. http://www.cs.yale.edu/HTML/YALE/CS/HyPlans/tap/Files/hopper-story.html

29. Hopper Biography of grace hopper (19061992) grace hopper was born grace Brewster Murray, the oldest of three children. Her father, Walter Murray, http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Hopper.html

Grace Brewster Murray Hopper Born: 9 Dec 1906 in New York, USA Died: 1 Jan 1992 in Arlington, Virginia, USA Click the picture above to see five larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index Version for printing Grace Hopper was born Grace Brewster Murray, the oldest of three children. Her father, Walter Murray, was an insurance broker while her mother, Mary Van Horne, had a love of mathematics which she passed on to her daughter. Both Grace's parents believed that she and her sister should have an education of the same quality as her brother. The book [2] contains a fascinating account of her childhood. It tells of summers spent with her cousins in their cottage on Lake Wentworth in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire and the games they played there such as kick-the-can, hide-and-seek and cops-and-robbers. It also describes her hobbies of needlepoint, reading and playing the piano. There were certainly signs in Grace's childhood of her fascination with machines and in [2] there is a delightful story of how, when she was seven years old, she took her alarm clock to pieces to find out how it worked. Unable to reassemble it, she took to pieces the other seven clocks she found in the house before her mother discovered what was happening. Grace was educated at two private schools for girls, namely Graham School and Schoonmakers School both in New York City. Intending to enter Vassar College in 1923 she failed a Latin examination and was required to wait another year. She spent the academic year at Hartridge School in Plainfield, New Jersey then entered Vassar College in 1924. She studied mathematics and physics at Vassar College graduating with a BA in 1928. After graduating she undertook research in mathematics at Yale University.

30. The Wit And Wisdom Of Grace Hopper Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems. http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/hopper-wit.html

From The OCLC Newsletter, March/April, 1987, No. 167 (Editor and article author is Philip Schieber.) The Wit and Wisdom of Grace Hopper "Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems." That observation comes from one who was present at the creation of the age of systems Rear Admiral Grace Hopper (US Navy, Retired), who spoke on the campus of the Ohio State University, Columbus, on Feb. 5, 1987, as part of a year-long celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the formation of the Department of Computer and Information Science. Introduced as the "third programmer on the first computer in the United States," Admiral Hopper spoke on the "Future of Computers, Hardware, Software, and People." She regaled her audience of more than 1000 persons with stories and pithy observations about the computer age. 72 Words of Storage Grace Hopper is known worldwide for her work with the first large-scale digital computer, the Mark I. "It was 51 feet long, eight feet high, eight feet deep," she said. "And it had 72 words of storage and could perform three additions a second." Admiral Hopper reported for active duty with the Navy in July 1944. She was a 37-year-old reservist who had a doctorate in mathematics from

31. Grace Hopper biographies of computer pioneers in the history of computing. http://www.thocp.net/biographies/hopper_grace.html

Grace Murray Hopper December 9 1906, New York City, USA; January 1 1991, Alexandria, VA, USA Grace Hopper principal papers COBOL hardware software COBOL , A/O keyords Compilers see also related subjects Achievement Naval officer and computer scientist developing the first compiler and who led the effort in the 1960s to develop COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language) Biography Grace Hopper was born Grace Brewster Murray, the oldest of three children. Her father, Walter Murray, was an insurance broker while her mother, Mary Van Horne, had a love of mathematics which she passed on to her daughter. Both Grace's parents believed that she and her sister should have an education of the same quality as her brother. In 1928 she graduated from Vassar College with a BA in mathematics and physics and joined the Vassar faculty. While an instructor at Vassar, she continued her studies in mathematics at Yale University, where she earned an MA in 1930 and a PhD in 1934. She was one of four women in a doctoral program of ten students,and her doctorate in mathematics was a rare accomplishment in its day. Hopper wanted to join the military as soon as the United States entered World War II. However her at 34 she was too old (and not heavy enough for her height) to enlist and anyway as a mathematics professor her job was considered essential to the war effort. However she was determined to join the Navy and, despite being told that she could serve her country best by remaining in her teaching post at Vassar College

32. Grace Murray Hopper Biography. http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/hopper-story.html

Grace Murray Hopper Rear Admiral Dr. Grace Murray Hopper was a remarkable woman who grandly rose to the challenges of programming the first computers. During her lifetime as a leader in the field of software development concepts, she contributed to the transition from primitive programming techniques to the use of sophisticated compilers. She believed that "we've always done it that way" was not necessarily a good reason to continue to do so. Grace Brewster Murray was born on December 9, 1906 in New York City. In 1928 she graduated from Vassar College with a BA in mathematics and physics and joined the Vassar faculty. While an instructor at Vassar, she continued her studies in mathematics at Yale University , where she earned an MA in 1930 and a PhD in 1934. She was one of four women in a doctoral program of ten students, and her doctorate in mathematics was a rare accomplishment in its day. In 1930 Grace Murray married Vincent Foster Hopper. (He died in 1945 during World War II, and they had no children.) She remained at Vassar as an associate professor until 1943, when she joined the United States Naval Reserve to assist her country in its wartime challenges. After USNR Midshipman's School-W, she was assigned to the Bureau of Ordnance Computation Project at Harvard University, where she worked at Harvard's Cruft Laboratories on the Mark series of computers. In 1946 Admiral Hopper resigned her leave of absence from Vassar to become a research fellow in engineering and applied physics at Harvard's Computation Laboratory. In 1949 she joined the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation as a Senior Mathematician. This group was purchased by Remington Rand in 1950, which in turn merged into the Sperry Corporation in 1955. Admiral Hopper took military leave from the Sperry Corporation from 1967 until her retirement in 1971.

33. Inventor Of The Week: Archive hopper. grace Murray hopper (1906 1992). Computer Compiler. grace Murray hopper spent much of her inventive career proving that something that s never http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/hopper.html

This Week Inventor Archive Inventor Search Inventor of the Week Archive Browse for a different Invention or Inventor Grace Murray Hopper (1906 - 1992) Computer Compiler Grace Murray Hopper spent much of her inventive career proving that something that's never been done before isn't impossible. It was this kind of positive thinking that inspired Hopper to invent the first computer "compiler" in 1952. This revolutionary software facilitated the first automatic programming of computer language. Before Hopper's invention, programmers had to write lengthy instructions in binary code (computer language) for every new piece of software. Because binary code consists solely of 0's and 1's, it was difficult for programmers to get through their time-consuming tasks without many frustrating mistakes. Hopper knew there had to be a solution to this dilemma. Determined, she wrote a new program which freed software developers from having to write repetitive binary code. Each time the computer needed instructions that were common to all programs, the compiler would have the computer refer to codes in its own memory. The compiler was a time and error-saving breakthrough for the computer world, but Hopper didn't stop there. She also invented COBOL, the first user-friendly business software program, which is still in use today.

34. Grace Murray Hopper: Pioneer Computer Scientist Read about the woman who invented the compiler, a program that translates English instructions into the language of a certain computer. http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/hopper.html

Contents Next Born: New York, New York, December 9, 1906 Died: Arlington, Virginia, January 1, 1992 Pioneer Computer Scientist T he new discipline of computing and the sciences that depend upon it have led the way in making space for women's participation on an equal basis. That was in some ways true for Grace Murray Hopper, and it is all the more true for women today because of Hopper's work. Grace Brewster Murray graduated from Vassar with a B.A. in mathematics in 1928 and worked under algebraist Oystein Ore at Yale for her M.A. (1930) and Ph.D. (1934). She married Vincent Foster Hopper, an educator, in 1930 and began teaching mathematics at Vassar in 1931. She had achieved the rank of associate professor in 1941 when she won a faculty fellowship for study at New York University's Courant Institute for Mathematics. Hopper had come from a family with military traditions, thus it was not surprising to anyone when she resigned her Vassar post to join the Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service) in December 1943. She was commissioned a lieutenant in July 1944 and reported to the Bureau of Ordnance Computation Project at Harvard University, where she was the third person to join the research team of professor (and Naval Reserve lieutenant) Howard H. Aiken. She recalled that he greeted her with the words, "Where the hell have you been?" and pointed to his electromechanical Mark I computing machine, saying "Here, compute the coefficients of the arc tangent series by next Thursday."

35. US People--Hopper, Grace Murray. This page features formal and informal photographic portraits of grace Murray hopper and a picture related to her early computer work. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-h/g-hoppr.htm

Return to Naval Historical Center home page. Return to Online Library listing DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER 805 KIDDER BREESE SE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060 Online Library of Selected Images: PEOPLE UNITED STATES Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, USNR, (1906-1992) Grace Murray (Hopper) was born in New York City on 9 December 1906. She graduated from Vassar College in 1928 and received a PhD in Mathematics from Yale University in 1934. She was a member of the Vassar faculty from 1931 to 1943, when she joined the Naval Reserve. Commissioned a Lieutenant (Junior Grade) 1944, she was assigned to the Bureau of Ordnance and immediately became involved in the development of the then-embryonic electronic computer. Over more than four decades to follow, she was in the forefront of computer and programming language progress. Leaving active duty after the war's end, Dr. Hopper was a member of the Harvard University faculty and, from 1949, was employed in private industry. She retained her Naval Reserve affiliation, attaining the rank of Commander before retiring at the end of 1966. In August 1967, Commander Hopper was recalled to active duty and assigned to the Chief of Naval Operations' staff as Director, Navy Programming Languages Group. She was promoted to Captain in 1973, Commodore in 1983 and Rear Admiral in 1985, a year before she retired from the Naval service. She remained active in industry and education until her death on 1 January 1992.

36. US People--Hopper, Grace Murray. This page features informal pictures of grace Murray hopper taken during the 1970s. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-h/g-hoppr4.htm

Return to Naval Historical Center home page. Return to Online Library listing DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER 805 KIDDER BREESE SE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060 Online Library of Selected Images: PEOPLE UNITED STATES Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, USNR, (1906-1992) Informal Views taken during the 1970s. This page features informal pictures of Grace Murray Hopper taken during the 1970s. For other views of Grace Murray Hopper, see: Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper ; and Informal Views of Grace Murray Hopper during the 1980s If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image Photo #: NH 96922 Captain Grace M. Hopper, USNR Head of the Navy Programming Languages Section of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OP 911F). Working in her office, August 1976. In 1967, she became the first female officer to be recalled to active duty following retirement from the Naval Reserve. Photographed by PH2 David C. MacLean.

37. Hopper, Grace - A Whatis.com Definition - See Also: Grace Hopper, Admiral Grace The Women s International Center provides a short biography of grace hopper . Yale also offers The wit and wisdom of grace hopper . http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci213732,00.html

Search our IT-specific encyclopedia for: or jump to a topic: Choose a topic... CIO CRM Data Center Domino Enterprise Linux Enterprise Voice Exchange IBM S/390 IBM AS/400 Mobile Computing Networking Oracle SAP Security Small Medium Business SQL Server Storage Visual Basic Web Services Windows 2000 Windows Security Windows Systems Advanced Search Browse alphabetically: A B C D ... General Computing Terms Grace Hopper Grace Murray Hopper, one of the pioneers of computer science, is generally credited with developments that led to COBOL , the programming language for business applications on which the world's largest corporations ran for more than a generation. By the time of her death in 1992, Rear Admiral Grace Hopper had left many contributions to the field of software engineering and was arguably the world's most famous programmer. After receiving her Ph.D. in mathematics at Yale, Hopper worked as an associate professor at Vassar College before joining the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1943. She went on to work as a researcher and mathematician at the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp. and the Sperry Corporation. Having retired from the Navy after World War II, she returned in 1967 to work at the Naval Data Automation Command. At Eckerd-Mauchly, Hopper developed programs for the first large-scale digital computer, the Mark I. She also developed the first

38. Grace Hopper Nanosecond - A Whatis.com Definition grace hopper is pictured here holding one of her famous nanoseconds. grace hopper often cautioned her programming students not to waste a nanosecond. http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci850361,00.html

Search our IT-specific encyclopedia for: or jump to a topic: Choose a topic... CIO CRM Data Center Domino Enterprise Linux Enterprise Voice Exchange IBM S/390 IBM AS/400 Mobile Computing Networking Oracle SAP Security Small Medium Business SQL Server Storage Visual Basic Web Services Windows 2000 Windows Security Windows Systems Advanced Search Browse alphabetically: A B C D ... General Computing Terms Grace Hopper nanosecond In education, a Grace Hopper nanosecond is a prop used by a teacher to help students understand an abstract concept. The teaching tool got its name from the foot-long lengths of telephone wire that Admiral Grace Hopper used to give out at lectures. Admiral Hopper used the wires to illustrate how in one billionth of second (a nanosecond ) an electronic signal can travel almost twelve inches. In addition to being a gifted programmer, Admiral Hopper was quite famous during her lifetime for her teaching skills. Admiral Hopper believed that by providing the learner with a concrete analogy already in their frame of reference, it was possible to absorb and even understand an abstract concept that might otherwise be too difficult to comprehend. Towards the end of her life, when asked which of her many accomplishments she was most proud of, Admiral Hopper replied, "All the young people I have trained over the years". Read more about it at: Grace Hopper is pictured here holding one of her famous nanoseconds.

39. National Women's Hall Of Fame - Women Of The Hall Billings, Charlene W. grace hopper, Navy Admiral and Computer Pioneer. grace hopper the first woman to program the first computer in the United States. http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=79

40. Remembering Grace Murray Hopper: A Legend In Her Own Time Biography by Elizabeth Dickason. http://www.chips.navy.mil/links/grace_hopper/file2.htm

Remembering Grace Murray Hopper: A Legend in Her Own Time By Elizabeth Dickason Eighty-five-year-old Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper who dedicated her life to the Navy passed away on 1 January 1992. As a pioneer Computer Programmer and co-inventor of COBOL, she was known as the Grand Lady of Software, Amazing Grace and Grandma COBOL. She'll be remembered for her now famous sayings, one of which is "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission." It's only fitting that Grace Brewster Murray was born between two such memorable events as the Wright Brothers' first successful power-driven flight in 1903 and Henry Ford's introduction of the Model T in 1908. Taught by her father at an early age to go after what she wanted, Grace's life consisted of one success after another, including the significant contributions she made to the computer age and the Navy. Young Grace's diligence and hard work paid off when in 1928 at the age of 22 she was graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College. She then attended Yale University, where she received an MA degree in Mathematics and Physics in 1930 and a Ph.D. in Mathematics in 1934. Hopper began teaching mathematics at Vassar in 1931 where her first year's salary was $800. She stayed there until she joined the United States Naval Reserve in December 1943. Upon graduation, she was commissioned a LTJG and ordered to the Bureau of Ordnance Computation Project at Harvard University. There she became the first programmer on the Navy's Mark I computer, the mechanical miracle of its day. Hopper's love of gadgets caused her to immediately fall for the biggest gadget she'd ever seen, the fifty-one foot long, 8 foot high, 8 foot wide, glass-encased mound of bulky relays, switches and vacuum tubes called the Mark I. This miracle of modern science could store 72 words and perform three additions every second.

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