Grace Hopper
Name:
Grace Murray Hopper
Born: December 9, 1906, New York City, USA
Death: January 1, 1992
Computer related contributions
- Erroneously credited as coining the term: "bug".
- Extended the meaning of debug.
- Lead the team that invited COBOL.
- Part of the team that helped develop the UNIVAC I.
Awards and honors
- Awarded the National Medal of Technology in 1991.
- The first woman to return to active duty after the United States Navy was unable to develop a working payroll plan after 823 attempts. Grace Hopper was recalled from retirement in order to help standardize the high-level Naval computer languages.
Quotes
"Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise."