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Grace Hopper

By laurenlawson

  • Received a Master's and Ph.D from Yale

    Received a Master's and Ph.D from Yale

  • Hopper joins the U.S. Naval Reserve

    Hopper joins the U.S. Naval Reserve

  • Assigned to the Bureau of Ordnance Computation Project at Harvard University

    Assigned to the Bureau of Ordnance Computation Project at Harvard University

  • Joins the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation

    Joins the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation

  • Development of UNIVAC I with help from Hopper

    Development of UNIVAC I with help from Hopper

  • Developed A-0 (computer language "compiler")

    Developed A-0 (computer language "compiler")

  • Hopper and her team develop Flow-Matic

    Hopper and her team develop Flow-Matic

  • Hopper promotes COBOL to the military and private sector

    Hopper promotes COBOL to the military and private sector

  • Hopper took part in the Conference on Data Systems Languages (CODASYL)

    Hopper took part in the Conference on Data Systems Languages (CODASYL)

  • Becomes a Navy Commander

    Becomes a Navy Commander

  • Grace Hopper receives Yale’s Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal

    Grace Hopper receives Yale’s Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal

  • Hopper was named a distinguished fellow of the British Computer Society

    Hopper was named a distinguished fellow of the British Computer Society

  • Awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal

    Awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal

  • President Bush gives Hopper the National Medal of Technology

    President Bush gives Hopper the National Medal of Technology

  • Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

    Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom