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Birth
Born December 9, 1906 in New York City -
Bachelor's Degree
received her bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Physics from Vassar College -
Masters Degree
received masters degree in mathematics from Yale University -
Marrige
She married Vincent Foster Hopper who passed away in 1945. -
Doctorate degree
received Doctorate degree in mathematics from Yale university -
Navy
She left teaching at Vassar to join the Navy to help in WWII in 1943. Upon entering she was appointed lieutenant in the Navy's WAVES where she worked on the Mark series. -
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Published papers
Published a series of papers, manuals, and tools that helped others understand the new language on programming. -
Euker-Mauchly Computer
In 19149 she joined Euker-Mauchly Computer later known as Univac where she worked on Univac I which ran 1000 times faster than Mark I. -
Compiler
She developed the 1st compiler and published a paper on it. -
COBOL
Final establishment of COBOL. -
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Flow-Matic
She designed Flow-Matic to help people who aren't scientist or mathematicians, trying to do typical business task . Flow-Matic later became the basis for COBOL which was a universal language that she did not create. -
1st retirement
At the age of 60 after 23 years of service she retired from the Navy Reserve. -
Recall
Only 7 months after her retirement she was called back to active duty as leader of Naval Data Automation Command. -
Man of the Year
She was awarded the first ever Computer Science Man of the Year. -
Distinguished Fellow
She became the first person from the US and first woman of any nationality to become a Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society. -
Final Retirement
At the age of 79 she finally retired for the last time with the rank of Rear Admiral. Immediately after retiring she became senior consultant to Digital Equipment Corporations. -
Death
At age 85 she passed away and was buried with full military honors in Washington.
