Grace Hopper Military person

Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. A pioneer in the field, she was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer in 1944, and invented the first compiler for a computer programming language. She popularized the idea of machine-independent programming languages, which led to the development of COBOL, one of the first high-level programming languages. She is credited with popularizing the term "debugging" for fixing computer glitches (inspired by an actual moth removed from the computer). Owing to the breadth of her accomplishments and her naval rank, she is sometimes referred to as "Amazing Grace". The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Hopper (DDG-70) is named for her, as was the Cray XE6 "Hopper" supercomputer at NERSC.

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Alias (AKA)	Hopper Grace Murray
Birth date	December 09, 1906
Date of death	January 01, 1992
Place of death	Arlington County Virginia
Resting place	Arlington National Cemetery

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award	Defense Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit National Defense Service Medal World War II Victory Medal (United States) American Campaign Medal Armed Forces Reserve Medal Naval Reserve Medal Meritorious Service Medal (United States)
military branch	United States Navy
service start	1943
service end	1943