Grace Hopper

Grace Hopper was born on December 9, 1906. She was an early form of a computer wizard. She progammed the Mark 1 calculator and she also was the first compiler of a computer programming language. In 1928 she graduated from Vassar university with a bachelors degree in Physics and Mathematics. She then pursued Yale. She got her masters in the same two subject in 1930 and 1934. She became the first women ever to have a Ph.D in Mathematics. In 43' she joined the naval reserve to begin work on the Mark 1 calculator. Even after the war when she was discharged she kept on working on the Mark II and Mark III calculators. She also designed the computer language compiler that allowed it to be written extremely close to the English language instead of ones, and zeros. She also implemented a computer standards institution, which eventually became what is now NIST. To every meeting she wore her full naval uniform. Hopper is also remembered for being the first to discover a computer bug. Grace Hopper died on January 1, 1992. She now lies at rest in section 59 of Arlington cemetery.