Nerds You Should Know #3 (cont)
Grace Hopper
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- PhD in Mathematics from Yale (1934)
- Professor of Maths at Vassar (1930's)
- Joined U.S. Navy (research) (1943)
- coined the term "bug" (1940's, apocryphal)
- developed the first compiler (1950's)
- designer of the COBOL language (1950's)
- worked for Sperry/Rand/Univac (1960's)
- promoted to Admiral in US Navy (1980's)
- "retired" 1971 ... still consulting until 1992
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