Grace Hopper

By jggivens

  • Grace Brewster Murray

    Grace Hopper is born December 9th, 1906 in New York City, New York.

  • Graduates from Vassar College.

    Graduates from Vassar College.
    Grace Murray Graduates from Vassar College with a BA in Economics and Physics.

  • Gets Married

    Gets Married
    Grace marries Vincent Foster Hopper

  • Earns MS in Mathematics

    Earns MS in Mathematics
    Grace Hopper Earns her Master's Degree in Mathematics from Yale University.

  • Earns Ph.D. in Mathematics

    Earns Ph.D. in Mathematics
    Grace Hopper earns her Ph.D. from Yale University in Mathematics.

  • Joins the Navy Reserves

    Joins the Navy Reserves
    Grace Hopper tries to join the United States Navy and is rejected due to her age. Instead, she joins the Navy Reserve instead.

  • Starts working with the Mark I

    Starts working with the Mark I
    Grace Hopper starts working at Harvard University for Howard Aiken on the Mark I team. She becomes one of the first programmers.

  • Publishes the first Computer Manual

    Publishes the first Computer Manual
    Grace Hopper started working on the first computer manual in 1944 when she went to work on the Mark I team at Harvard University, and it was published in 1946.

  • The Bug.

    The Bug.
    Grace Hopper coins the term "de-bugging" while working on the Mark II at Harvard University.

  • Joins Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corperation

    Joins Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corperation
    Grace Hopper joins the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corperation and goes to work on the UNIVAC I computer.

  • Helps to create the first compiler, A-0.

    Helps to create the first compiler, A-0.
    Grace Hopper creates the first computer complier named A-0.

  • Promoted to Lieutenant Commander

    Promoted to Lieutenant Commander
    Grace Hopper is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy.

  • Helps create FLOW-MATIC

    Helps create FLOW-MATIC
    Grace Hopper works on FLOW-MATIC while at Remington-Rand, formerly the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation.

  • Promoted to Commander

    Promoted to Commander
    Grace Hopper is promoted to the rank of Commander in the United States Navy.

  • Promoted to Captain

    Promoted to Captain
    Grace Hopper is promoted to the rank of Captain in the United States Navy.

  • Promoted to Commodore (Rear Admiral)

    Promoted to Commodore (Rear Admiral)
    Grace Hopper is promoted to the rank of Commodore in the United States Navy, the rank of Commodore was later renamed Rear Admiral in 1985.

  • Retires Form the United States Navy.

    Retires Form the United States Navy.
    Grace Hopper retires from the United States Navy in 1986. It should be noted that she had previously retired from the Navy on two occasions and had been recalled both times.

  • Death

    Death
    Grace Hopper passed away in 1992 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

  • USS Hopper DDG 70

    USS Hopper DDG 70
    The United States Navy Commissions the USS Hopper DDG 70 in honor of Grace Hopper.