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Grace Hopper College is a residential college of Yale University, opened in 1933 as one of the original eight undergraduate residential colleges endowed by Edward Harkness. It was originally named Calhoun College after US Vice President John C. Calhoun, but renamed in 2017 in honor of computer scientist Grace Murray Hopper.
3 de dez. de 2014 · In 1944, Lt. Grace Hopper was ordered to report to Harvard University to work on the Mark I, the behemoth digital computer that had been conceived by Harvard’s Howard Aiken in 1937. Photo courtesy of the Harvard University Archives. Science & Tech. Grace Hopper, computing pioneer. Walter Isaacson ’74. December 3, 2014 long read.
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Biografia. Antes da Marinha, Hopper conquistou o Ph.D. em matemática na Universidade de Yale e foi professora de matemática na Faculdade Vassar. Tentou entrar na Marinha durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, mas foi rejeitada por ter 34 anos. Por consequência, entrou na Navy Reserves (em tradução livre, a Reserva da Marinha).
9 de dez. de 2022 · Hopper ingressou aos 17 anos no tradicional Vassar College, onde obteve o bacharelado em matemática e física, concluído em 1928. Conquistou o doutorado em matemática em 1934, na Universidade Yale. Foi nessa instituição que ela se interessou por computadores, começando a trabalhar no desenvolvimento das primeiras linguagens.
Grace Brewster Hopper ( née Murray; December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiral. [1] She was a pioneer of computer programming. Hopper was the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages, and used this theory to develop the FLOW-MATIC ...
3 de abr. de 2014 · Grace Hopper was a pioneer of computer programming and a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy. She helped create the first compiler for COBOL language and received the National Medal of Technology and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Hopper was born on December 9, 1906 in New York City. As a child, she attended a preparatory school in New Jersey. Later, she enrolled at Vassar College. After graduating with her bachelor’s degree, Hopper went to Yale University, where she earned her Masters and PhD in Mathematics. Afterwards she began teaching at Vassar College.
