1. Presented by: Amy Kruzick CSCE 221h-200 March 18, 2014
Grace Hopper
Presented by: Amy Kruzick
CSCE 221h-200
March 18, 2014

2. background Born December 9, 1906 in New York City
Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Physics – Vassar College
Master’s and Ph.D. in Mathematics – Yale University – 1930 and 1934, respectively
Associate professor in Mathematics - Vassar

3. World war II Joined US Naval Reserve in 1943
Assigned to Bureau of Ships Computation Project at Harvard
Programmed for the Mark series of computers
Remained at the Harvard Computation Lab until becoming a research fellow under Navy contract (1949)

4. UNIVAC & COBOL UNIVAC COBOL UNIVersal Automatic Computer I
Developed by Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation
Developed first-ever compiler during this time – the A-0 System
COBOL
Extension of Hopper’s previous work, combined with influences from IBM
Strongly believed that programs should be written in near-English

5. Retirement & death
Retired from the Naval Reserve in 1966 with the rank of commander
Returned to active duty in the 1970’s
Promoted to rank of rear admiral (commodore) in 1983
Oldest active-duty commissioned officer in the Navy at time of final retirement in 1986
Consultant for Digital Equipment Corporation until her death in 1992
Buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors

6. Recognition and awards
Computer Sciences Man of the Year Award – 1969
Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society – 1971 – First American, first woman
Grace Murray Hopper Award for Outstanding Young Computer Professionals – ACM – est. 1971
American Association of University Women Achievement Award – 1982
Defense Distinguished Service Medal – 1986
Computer History Museum Fellow Award – 1987
National Medal of Technology – 1991
USS Hopper (“Amazing Grace”) – launched 1996

7. Works cited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper