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Birth
Born in New York city at 1906 -
College graduation
Graduated from Vassar college with a degree in math and physics -
Married Vincent Hopper
Grace Hopper married Vincent Hopper the same year she got her master's degree from Yale university -
Teaching mathematics
Grace Hopper taught math at Vassar college from 1931 until 1943, when she joined the war effort.
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Earning a PhD degree in mathematics
She earned her PhD degree from Yale university at 1934 (becoming the first woman to earn a PhD in mathematics from Yale university) -
Joining the US naval reserve
She took a leave of absence from teaching at Vassar college, becoming a part of WAVES. Even though her age and her weight (being lighter than standard by military's criteria) could potentially put her at a disadvantage , she graduated first in her class. http://www.amazingwomeninhistory.com/amazing-grace-hopper-computer-programmer/ -
Mark I project
" Hopper was working on the Bureau of Ships Computation Project at Harvard University. She joined a team working on the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, better known as the MARK I, the first electro mechanical computer in the United State"
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Coining the term "debug"
In 1947, Grace Hopper and her coworkers found a bug in the Mark II computer. In 1984, she told the time magazine that " when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it". http://www.openculture.com/2018/08/grace-hopper-the-pioneering-computer-scientist.html -
Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation
In 1949, she joined Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation as a senior mathematician. In the early 1950s, this company was developing UNIVAC, the first commercial computer. She worked on UNIVAC I and II, while coming up with a way to alter coding and automatic programming. https://president.yale.edu/biography-grace-murray-hopper -
Inventing A-0
In 1959, she invented A-0, the first compiler which translated mathematical code into machine readable code, a significant step toward modern day programming languages. https://president.yale.edu/biography-grace-murray-hopper -
Designing COBOL
Grace Hopper designed one of the world's first compiler based languages and the first business application compiler in the world (COBOL), which was based on based on FLOW-MATIC and IBM’s COMTRAN language. https://www.famousscientists.org/grace-murray-hopper/ http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/grace-murray-hopper/ -
" Man of the year" award
Named the first computer science “Man of the Year” by the Data Processing Management Association. http://wvegter.hivemind.net/abacus/CyberHeroes/Hopper.htm -
Sperry corporation award
The Sperry corporation dedicated an award to her for her significant contribution to computer science (http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/hopper-story.html) -
Promoted to captain
In 1973, she was promoted to captain while working on COBOL and being the director of the navy programming languages. -
Retiring from the navy
She retired from the navy at 1986, being the oldest serving officer in service.
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The national medal of technology
Grace hopper received the highest technology award from president George Bush at 1991. -
Grace's place
University of Missouri built a museum on campus called " grace's place", where evolution of computers is displayed. https://www.biography.com/people/grace-hopper-21406809
