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Born December 9, 1906 in New York City
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received her bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Physics from Vassar College
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received masters degree in mathematics from Yale University
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She married Vincent Foster Hopper who passed away in 1945.
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received Doctorate degree in mathematics from Yale university
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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 a series of papers, manuals, and tools that helped others understand the new language on programming.
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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.
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She developed the 1st compiler and published a paper on it.
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Final establishment of COBOL.
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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.
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At the age of 60 after 23 years of service she retired from the Navy Reserve.
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Only 7 months after her retirement she was called back to active duty as leader of Naval Data Automation Command.
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She was awarded the first ever Computer Science Man of the Year.
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She became the first person from the US and first woman of any nationality to become a Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society.
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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.
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At age 85 she passed away and was buried with full military honors in Washington.
