Grace Hopper
“It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.”
About Her
Ethnicity: Scottish and Dutch
Birthday: December 9, 1906
Born in: New York City, New York
Died in: January 1, 1992
“It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.”
Ethnicity: Scottish and Dutch
Birthday: December 9, 1906
Born in: New York City, New York
Died in: January 1, 1992
Occupation: Grace Hopper was known for contributing to the Common Business Oriented Language for business applications. Hopper was also a Navy lieutenant that programmed an early calculating machine toward her creation of software for microcomputers. She joined the U.S Naval Reserve in 1944, attending the Bureau of Ships Computation Project at Harvard University. Directed by Howard Aiken, this project was set up to assist the navy for making complex computations that pertained to the mine field.
In 1962, Hopper was elected to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and to the American Association of Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1963. Hopper was also awarded the Society of Women Engineers Achievement in 1964. In the same year she was appointed staff scientist of system programming in the division of UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) Division. Some of the awards that Hopper has won were: the Presidential Medal of Freedom, National Medal of Technology and Innovation, and the IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award.
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