GRACE HOPPERBy: Joyce Blasingame

Grace Hopper

Teacher

Mathematician

Computer Scientist

Inventor

Systems Designer

Software Programmer

Marketing Whiz

Military Leader

Grace Brewster Murray Hopper

December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992 Married in 1930 Husband died in 1945

Education

• 1928 BA from Vassar College• 1930 MA from Yale University• 1934 PhD from Yale University

Admiral Hopper

1943 United States Naval Reserve

1946 Harvard’s Computation Laboratory

1949 Senior Mathematician at Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation

1955 Sperry Corporation 1967 Leader in the NDAC 1986 Retired from Navy with

rank Rear Admiral, Senior Consultant to DEC

Compiler

First Computer “Bug”

Military Medals

Defense Distinguished Service Medal

Meritorious Service Medal

American Campaign Medal

World War II Victory Medal

National Defense Service Medal

Armed Forces Reserve Medal with two Hourglass Devices

Naval Reserve Medal

Quote from Retirement

Speech"Our young people are

the future. We must provide for them. We must give them the

positive leadership they're looking for...You manage things; you lead people."

Interview with David Letterman

USS Hopper

Grace Hopper Conference

Resources

www.history.navy.mil/bios/hopper_grace.htm

www.gracehopper.org

www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/hopper-story.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ0g5_NgRao