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Biography of Grace Murray Hopper
Grace Brewster Murray Hopper (1906-1992) was a computer pioneer and naval officer. She earned a master’s degree (1930) and a Ph.D. (1934) in mathematics from Yale. Hopper is best known for her trailblazing contributions to computer programming, software development, and the design and implementation of programming languages. A maverick and an innovator, she enjoyed long and influential careers in the U.S. Navy and the computer industry.
Early Life and Education
The daughter of Walter Fletcher Murray (Yale B.A. 1894, Phi Beta Kappa) and Mary Campbell Van Horne, Grace Brewster Murray was born in 1906 in New York City. Her father owned an insurance company. In 1928, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College with degrees in mathematics and physics. After receiving her master’s degree in mathematics from Yale, Hopper began teaching mathematics at Vassar while pursuing her doctorate. She completed her Ph.D. in mathematics from Yale in 1934. During a one-year sabbatical from Vassar, Hopper studied with the famous mathematician Richard Cou
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United States Navy
Maritime branch of the U.S. military
"USN" redirects here. For other uses, see USN (disambiguation).
For civilian military department for naval forces, see United States Department of the Navy.
| United States Navy | |
|---|---|
Emblem of the United States Navy | |
| Founded | 27 March 1794 (230 years, 10 months) (in current form) 13 October 1775 |
| Country | United States |
| Type | Navy |
| Size | 334,896 active duty personnel[3] 54,741 Navy Reserve personnel[4] 387,637 total uniformed personnel (official data as of July 31, 2023) 279,471 civilian employees (As of 2018[update])[5] 480 ships total, of which 300 are deployable (As of 2019[update])[5] 2,623 aircraft (As of 2018[update])[6] |
| Part of | Armed forces of the United States Department of the Navy |
| Headquarters | The Pentagon Arlington County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Motto(s) | Semper Fortis ('Always Courageous'), (unofficial). Non
History of the United States NavyThe history of the United States Navy divides into two major periods: the "Old Navy", a small but respected force of sailing ships that became notable for innovation in the use of ironclads during the American Civil War, and the "New Navy" the result of a modernization effort that began in the 1880s and made it the largest in the world by 1943.[1][2] The United States Navy claims October 13, 1775 as the date of its official establishment, when the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution creating the Continental Navy. With the end of the American Revolutionary War, the Continental Navy was disbanded. Under the Presidency of George Washington, merchant shipping came under threat while in the Mediterranean by Barbary pirates from four North African States. This led to the Naval Act of 1794, which created a permanent standing U.S. Navy. The original six frigates were authorized as part of the Act. Over the next 20 years, the Navy fought the French Republic Navy in the Quasi-War (1798–99), Barbary states in the Fir Copyright ©dewpant.pages.dev 2025 |