Grace Hopper: Computer scientist and luminary in US Navy

Born to Walter Fletcher Murray and Mary Campbell Van Horne in New York in the year 1906, Grace Brewster Murray was a curious child who once dismantled seven alarm clocks to understand how it functioned. Multifaceted career While Hopper taught Mathematics at Vassar during World War II, she joined WAVES - the US Navy’s division for women. Achievements and recognition Hopper led the team which invented COBOL or Common-Business Oriented Language, one of the user-friendly computer software programs which can be used for business purpose. Grace Hopper had twice retired from the Navy, once in the year 1966 and again in the year 1971, but was called back to active duty both times. The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computer Science is a technical conference organised to encourage women to be part of the computing world.