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Dec 9, 1906

Grace Murray Hopper, Computer Pioneer and Naval Officer, Commemorated in Biographical Profiles

Multiple institutions have published or updated biographical profiles of Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992), the pioneering computer scientist and U.S. Navy admiral who developed foundational computing technologies during and after World War II, including early work on programming languages.

Dec 9, 1906·4 sources
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  • ▪Hopper also argued that small, distributed clusters of programming and storage were superior to large, centralized systems.
  • ▪After being recalled to active duty multiple times, Grace Hopper retired from the Navy in 1986 as a rear admiral at age 79.
  • ▪Yale University renamed one of its residential colleges after Grace Hopper.

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Military technologyNaval historyComputer science historyProgramming languagesWomen in technology

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