• Grace Brewster Murray was born on December 9, 1906 in New York City.
• The first winner of “Computer Science Man of the Year” award from the Data Processing Management Association in 1969
• Awarded 40 honorary degrees from universities
• First person from the United States and the first woman from any country to be made Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society in 1973
• First woman to receive the National Medal of Technology as an individual in 1991

[Grace Hopper appears to be] ‘all Navy’, but when you reach inside, you find a ‘Pirate’ dying to be released” Jay Elliot, author

Grace Hopper 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””

“We’re flooding people with information. We need to feed it through a processor. A human must turn information into intelligence or knowledge. We’ve tended to forget that no computer will ever ask a new question.”

“To me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge.”

“A ship in port is safe; but that is not what ships are built for. Sail out to sea and do new things.”

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• Colvey, Scott. April 8, 2009. Cobol hits 50 and keeps counting. The Guardian. Retrieved October 21st, from http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/apr/09/cobol-internet-programming
• Dickason, Elizabeth. (n.d.). Looking Back: Grace Murray Hopper’s Younger Years. About.com. Retrieved October 18th, from http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_Grace_Murray_Hopper.htm
• Grace Hopper. (n.d.). Wikipedia. Retrieved October 18th, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper
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