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Grace Murray Hopper
Grace Murray Hopper is not only the Mother of COBOL, not only one of the most
important women in the history of computers, she is one of the most important
people in the history of computers.
This is her page.
 Portraits of Grace Murray Hopper:
Portraits
collected from around the net. (hopper_portraits)
Quotes by Grace Murray Hopper:
Quotations
on my general quotations page by Grace Murray Hopper. (Quotes_General.htm#hopper)
First Computer Bug:
On
09.Sep.1947 they removed a moth from Relay #70, Panel F, of the Harvard University Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator. That story became a favorite of Grace Murray Hopper. This page describes that "bug", and includes a photo of it. (first_computer_bug)
COBOL:
My
COBOL page. Links to information about COBOL on the net. (cobol)
 Admiral
Hopper Awarded the National Medal of Technology:
A Digital Equipment Corporation press release from 16.Sep.1991. (www.cs.yale.edu/~tap/Files/hopper-medal.html)
Admiral Hopper Dies:
Excerpts from a Digital Equipment Corporation Press Release, 02.jan.1992. (www.cs.yale.edu/~tap/Files/hopper-obit.html)
Computers - 09.3-273 - Grace
Hopper:
A short biography. (www.ce.vt.edu/evd/Htmls/P375994.html)
Editorial
for Chips April 1992 (Grace Murray Hopper):
The memorial editorial in the April 1992 issue of Chips. For a picture of the issue cover, see my Hopper
Portrait Page. (www.norfolk.navy.mil/chips/grace_hopper/file1.htm)
Encyclopaedia
Britannica Article on Grace Hopper:
Interestingly enough, the article is wrong. For example, it says she retired in 1966 with the rank of commodore. In reality, she was promoted to commodore in
1983 by special Presidential appointment under President Ronald Reagan. (britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/9/0,5716,889+1,00.html)
Grace Hopper
Celebration of Women in Computing (2000):
This is the third celebration. It was held 14-16.Sep.2000 at the Sheraton Hotels in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Prior celebrations were held in 1997 (site
missing) and 1994 (site still there). (www.sdsc.edu/Hopper)
Tribute to Grace Murray Hopper:
An excellent brief biography of the mother of COBOL (and the source for the portrait on this page). See also Grace Murray Hopper: Pioneer Computer Scientist below. Both biographies were written by Merry Maisel. (www.sdsc.edu/Hopper/hopper.html)
Grace
Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (1994):
This is the first celebration. It was held 09-11.Jun.1997 at in Washington DC. (www.research.compaq.com/nsl/hopper/grace94.html)
Grace Murray Hopper:
A biography of Grace Hopper (copied, with permission, from the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 1994 conference proceedings). (www.cs.yale.edu/~tap/Files/hopper-story.html)
Grace Murray Hopper Biography:
A biography by Rebecca Norman, Class of 2000 at Agnes Scott College. (www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/hopper.htm)
Grace
Murray Hopper: Pioneer Computer Scientist:
Part of the San Diego Supercomputer Center Women in Science site, this page is a biography and includes a special picture of Grace Hopper as a young
woman. See also Tribute to Grace Murray Hopper above. Both biographies were written by Merry Maisel. (www.sdsc.edu/Publications/ScienceWomen/hopper.html)
GraceNet:
Named for Grace Hopper, this group meets monthly in San Francisco at Ruby Skye to listen to a (female) speaker in the computer field and to network. (www.GreceNet.net)
The
Lemelson-MIT Prize Program: Grace Murray Hopper:
A brief description of her role in the development of the compiler. (web.mit.edu/invent/www/inventorsA-H/hopper.html)
Looking
Back: Grace Murray Hopper's Younger Years:
Hosted on the SPAWARSYSCEN (Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center) site, as part of Chips, the Navy's information technology magazine. This site
also has information about the destroyer named for her: The (Amazing) Grace Hopper, DDG 70. This article discusses her years as a child and young adult. (www.norfolk.navy.mil/chips/grace_hopper/young.htm)
Rear
Admiral Grace Murray Hopper - Biography:
Another bio of Grace Hopper, this one part of the launch brochure for the destroyer named after her. (www.norfolk.navy.mil/chips/grace_hopper/brobio.htm)
Remembering
Grace Murray Hopper: A Legend in Her Own Time:
Hosted on the SPAWARSYSCEN (Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center) site, as part of Chips, the Navy's information technology magazine. This
site also has information about the destroyer named for her: The (Amazing) Grace Hopper, DDG 70. (www.norfolk.navy.mil/chips/grace_hopper/file2.htm)
San Jose
State University Virtual Museum: Grace Murray Hopper:
A brief biographical sketch, part of the San Jose State University Virtual Museum History of Mathematics, Science and Technology Site. (www.sjsu.edu/depts/Museum/hop.html)
USS Hopper (DDG 70):
Home page for the destroyer named after Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper. (www.hopper.navy.mil/)
WIC Biography --- Grace Hopper:
Part of the Women's International Center site, this is a very short biography. (www.wic.org/bio/ghopper.htm)
The Wit and Wisdom of Grace
Hopper:
From The OCLC Newsletter, March/April, 1987, No. 167 (Editor and article author is Philip Schieber.) This article includes some of her great quotes. These quotes are also on my General
Quotations Page. (www.cs.yale.edu/~tap/Files/hopper-wit.html)
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