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(Amazing) Grace Brewster Murray Hopper

By huy_tran
  • Birth of Grace Brewster Murray

    Birth of Grace Brewster Murray

    Grace Murray was born in New York City on December, 9, 1906.
  • Graduateed Vassar College

    Graduateed Vassar College

    Hopper graduated Vassar with a Bachelor's in Mathematics and Physics. (Graduation Date is not exact)
  • Murray Earned Masters Degree and Married

    Murray Earned Masters Degree and Married

    Grace Murray earned a Master's Degree in Mathematics at Yale University. That same year, Muray married Vicent Foster Hopper. (Graduation Date is not exact)
  • Murray Achieved Ph. D.

    Murray Achieved Ph. D.

    Grace Murray continued her education at Yale University and earned a Ph.D in mathematics, which was rare in her time. (Exact Graduation Date is unknown)
  • Hopper Enlisted in the Navy Reserves

    Hopper Enlisted in the Navy Reserves

    GraceHopper (taking after her husband's name) enlisted in the Navy Reserves and volunteering in WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). (Specific enlistment date is unknown)
  • Hopper Graduated at Top of Class

    Hopper Graduated at Top of Class

    Grace Hopper graduated at the top of her class and was commisioned as a junior lieutenant. Then, because of her mathematics background, she was assigned to Harvard University’s Bureau of Ships Computation Project. (Specific graduation date unkown)
  • Hopper Joins Private Industries

    Hopper Joins Private Industries

    Grace Hopper, because of her curiousity in computers, joined private industries, first being with Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation as a senior-mathematician. Then Remington Rand Corporation took over and she then was assigned to oversee the programming for the UNIVAC computer. (Exact date unknown)
  • Hopper and Her Team Invented a Complier for Computers

    Hopper and Her Team Invented a Complier for Computers

    Grace hopper and her team were able to create the first complier for computers.
  • Hopper was Promoted to First Director of Automatic Programming

    Hopper was Promoted to First Director of Automatic Programming

    Grace Hopper was assigned to be first director of automatic programming and with her team, they produced the first few programming languages of ARITH-MATIC, FLOW-MATIC, and MATH-MATIC. (Exact date is unknown)
  • CODASYL

    CODASYL

    CODASYL or Conference on Data Systems Languages invited many experts, Hopper was the technical adviser of the committee, with her crew, they were able to assist in the defining of COBOL, COmmon Business-Oriented Language.
  • Retirement

    Retirement

    Grace Hopper retires at the age of 60, but was asked to return to active duty next year in August. (Specific date unkown)
  • Hopper Becomes Navy Director

    Hopper Becomes Navy Director

    Grace Hopper gets promoted to becoming the Navy Programming Languages Group in the Navy's Office of Information Systems Planning, which she worked as for 10 years. (Specific date unknown)
  • Retirement (Pt. 2)

    Retirement (Pt. 2)

    Grace Hopper again retired but because of her amazing skills, was asked to return to active duty yet again in 1972. (Specific date unknown).
  • Promotion

    Promotion

    Grace Hopper gets promoted to captain for her outstanding work. (Specific date unknown).
  • Retirement (Pt. 3)

    Retirement (Pt. 3)

    Grace Hopper was forced to retire at the age of 79 with the rank of Commodore, now known as Rear Admiral.
  • Death

    Death

    Grace Hopper passed away in Arlington, Virginia at the age of 85.