Grace Hopper
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A Timeline of Grace Hopper
1906
born in New York
1928
Graduated from Vassar College with Phi Beta Kappak
1930
Earned her Masters in Math and Physics at Yale
1941
Joined Vassar's faculty as a professor in Math and Physics
1943
Joined the Naval Reserves
1946
Returned to inactive duty; Joined Harvard's Computation Laboratory
1949
joined the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation and was part of the team that developed the UNIVAC I computer. At Eckert–Mauchly she began developing the compiler.
1967
Recalled to active duty
1971
Retired from the Navy
1972
Asked to come out of retirement by the Navy
1983
Appointed to Commodore
1985
Appointed to Rear Admiral
1986
Second retirement from the Navy; Became a consultant for Digital Equipment Corp (DEC)
1992
Died January 1