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Attended Vassar College and graduated with a Bachelor's of Arts in Physics and Mathematics.
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Hopper began teaching Mathematics at Vassar in 1931. In 1941, Hopper achieved a faculty fellowship award for her study at New York University's Institute for Mathematics.
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Grace graduated from this University with a degree in Mathematics.
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Teamed up with Howard Aiken and worked on computer programming. During this time, she developed some major contributions to the famous Mark I and Mark II computers.
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Grace was commissioned a lieutenant in June of 1944. As a result of her strong mathematical background, she was assigned to the Bureau of Ordnance Computation Projected at Harvard. This is where she learned the important aspects of programming a Mark I computer.
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Grace Hopper started working here at this corporation and became a mathematician that created UNIVersal Automatic Computer. This occurred in 1949. In addition to the, Hopper was able to develop the initial complier. This was able to translate Machine Code into Symbolic Mathematical Code.
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During the year 1953, Hopper contributed to the idea of having programs written in words instead of symbols. She was told no many times and people said her idea would not work. Despite this, she continued anyways on an English-language complier. She coined the term FLOW-MATIC as the first programming language to use word commands.
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Developed this idea of Flow-Matic Language. Many of the programs she designed followed the idea of English language instead of the idea of machine codes.
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Grace Hopper was involved with the Navy Programming Language Group. This occurred from 1967-1977 and she served as a director for Information System Planning. Later, was promoted as a captain for this.
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In 1972, Hopper received an award from Yale's Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal which was awarded to outstanding alumni members.
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In 1973, Grace Hopper became the first American and the first woman to become a Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society.
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During the years 1977 to 1986, Hopper was “the Navy’s foremost propagandist for its computer program and became its representative to learned societies.
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As a result of many of her technological achievements, Grace achieved the award called the National Medal of Technology. This medal is usually given out to innovators that show significant promise in a technological related field. This is given from the President of the United States.
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Awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom award from President Obama. This award showcases contributors of security or national interests to the United States.
