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Grace Hopper lehrte von 1931 bis 1943 am Vassar College Mathematik, zuletzt als Associate Professor, nachdem sie 1934 an der Yale University promoviert hatte. [1] [2] Von 1944 bis 1946 war sie bei der US-Marine aktiv.
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.
Twelve new decorative windows installed today in Grace Hopper College, the Yale residential college previously known as Calhoun College, celebrate the richness of the college’s community and contemplate the complex history behind its name.
Grace Brewster Murray Hopper (1906-1992) was a mathematician; a pioneer in computer sciences; a teacher and public educator, and a naval officer (she retired as a Rear Admiral). Hopper received a master’s degree in mathematics (1930) and a Ph.D. in mathematics (1934) from Yale.
Grace Hopper College – founded as Calhoun College in 1933 and renamed in honor of Grace Hopper ‘30 M.A., ‘34 Ph.D. in 2017 – is one of the smaller residential colleges.
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 ...
Nach ihrer Promotion unterrichtete sie einige Jahre am College Mathematik – bis zum Schock von Pearl Harbour. Sie reichte kurzentschlossen ihre Bewerbung beim Militär ein, unsicher, ob sie überhaupt jemanden erreichte. Doch sie hatte Erfolg! Zu verdanken hatte sie ihn WAVES – einem Programm, dass die amerikanische Regierung 1942 ins Leben rief.
