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Grace Murray is born
Grace Murray is born on December 9th, 1906 in New York City, New York -
Grace Starts At Vassar College
Grace was a newly enrolled freshman student at the Vassar College studying mathematics and physics. -
Grace Graduates Vassar College
Grace graduates from Vassar College with a degree in mathematics and physics -
Grace Moves Onto Yale University
Grace moves on to Yale University, getting her masters in mathematics -
Grace Gets Her Masters
Grace Hopper gets her masters degree in mathematics -
Grace Murray to Grace Hopper
At her time at Yale University Grace finds her love and marries him while enrolled as a student at Yale -
Grace Teaching While Fighting For A PhD
Grace begins teaching at Vassar College, where she used to attend. All the while keeping her studying up at Yale University hoping to get a Ph.D. in Mathematics. -
Grace Gets PhD
Grace gets her Ph.D. in Mathematics from Yale University, becoming the first woman to earn such a degree in that time period. -
Go Navy
Grace Hopper enlists in the Navy due to World War II. She opts for the Navy due to her wanting to follow in her grandfather's footsteps -
Building The First Computer
Navy assigns Grace Hopper to work on the Mark I computer, assigning her to the Bureau of Ordnance Project at Harvard -
Helping the Atomic Bomb
Grace Hopper and her team solve an equation for the Manhattan Project that would ultimately make the atomic bomb function -
Helping With UNIVAC I
Grace Hopper and her teamed worked on UNIVAC I and developed the A-0 system, which was the first complier developed for an electronic computer -
COBOL
Grace Hopper and her team help with the development of the COBOL. The COBOL is a highly structured programming language used. -
Special Presidential Appointment To Commodore
President Reagan made a special presidential appointment of Grace Hopper to commodore -
A Fallen Soldier
At the age of 85, Grace Hopper dies in Arlington, Virginia. She was laid to rest in the Arlington National Cemetery. -
Grace Hopper Celebration Conference Was Formed
The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is a series of conferences designed to bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront. It is the world's largest gathering of women in computing. -
A Memoriam
Hopper Hall was made in remembrance of Grace Hopper, her accomplishments and achievements. This is the first military academy building named after a women
