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Born
Grace Hopper was born on December 9th 1906 in New York City. -
Graduated from Vassar College
She graduated from Vassar College with degrees in mathematics and Physics -
She received her MA at Yale University
Hopper received a Masters degree in Mathematics at Yale University. -
Hopper Gets Married
Grace Hopper married Vincent Hopper in 1930 -
Graduated from Yale with her Ph.D. in Mathematics
Hopper continued to further her education and received her Ph.D. in Mathematics, introducing her thesis "New Types of Irreducibility Criteria."
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Enlisted in the Navy
In 1943 she enlisted in the Navy. She was one of the first women to do this. -
Hopper Graduated from the Naval reserve
Grace Hopper joined the Naval Reserve and served as a lieutenant in the junior grade category. -
A New Project is introduced at The Harvard University:Mark I
Hopper meets Howard Aiken and works with his team to program the Mark I computer. She contributed by writing a 561-page user manual for the program -
Mark II- Mark III
Hopper continued to work on the Mark II and Mark III, until 1949. She helped program the mathematical system and made great contributions. -
New Terms
Hopper stamps the terms "bugging" and "debugging" to use them as they relate to computer programming.
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Grace Hopper creates the first compiler
Grace Hopper and her team created the first compiler that translates Mathematical code into binary code so that machines can read it. -
COBOL
Grace Hopper helped invent the programming language COBOL, which ended up becoming the main language for business applications.
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She Returned to the Navy
Hopper was called to return to the Navy which she would serve until 1986. -
Famous Lecture
In 1985 Grace Hopper, performed her famous lecture speech, that has inspired many.
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The National Medal of Technology Award
Hopper was rewarded the National Medal of Technology award. As she is very respected in the Technology field. -
Technology will forever Honor Her
Hopper passed away in 1992, her legacy will forever live on as shes made such great and honorable contributions to technology and computer programming. Also in the navy, she inspired women to take leadership.