Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

Posted by: gretchen on April 14, 2008 |

Who is Grace Hopper you might ask?

  • Grace Hopper1969 - She won the first “man of the year” award from the Data Processing Management Association.
  • 1971 - The annual “Grace Murray Hopper Award for Outstanding Young Computer Professionals” was established in 1971 by the Association for Computing Machinery.
  • 1973 - She became the first person from the United States and the first woman of any nationality to be made a Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society.
  • 1987 - She became a Computer History Museum Fellow Award Recipient.
  • 1991 - She received the National Medal of Technology.
  • 1996 - USS Hopper (DDG-70) was launched. Nicknamed Amazing Grace, it is on a very short list of U.S. military vessels named after women.

Grace was a true pioneer for women in technology, and to honor all of the geeky women in the computing industry there is a conference held each year called the “Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.” You can read more about Grace and get conference details at gracehopper.org.

One Response to “Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing”

  1. 1. denia lyons Says:
    April 24th, 2008 at 3:29 pm

    congrats!!!!! females can do any thing they want to do as long as we put our minds to it. thanks for proving that.

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