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developed in the early 1960s and is still widely used in business data processing. |
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Admiral Hopper retired from the navy in 1966, only to be recalled within a year to fulltime active duty. Her mission in the navy was to oversee the navy's efforts at maintaining uniformity in programming languages. It has been said that just as Admiral Hyman Rickover was the father of the nuclear navy, Rear Admiral Hopper was the mother of computerized data automation in the navy. She served with the Naval Data Automation Command until she retired again in 1986 with the rank of rear admiral. At the time of her death, she was a senior consultant at Digital Equipment Corporation. |
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During her lifetime, Admiral Hopper received honorary degrees from more than 40 colleges and universities. She was honored by her peers on several occasions, including the first Computer Sciences Man of the Year award given by the Data Processing Management Association and the Contributions to Computer Science Education Award given by the Special Interest Group for Computer Science Education of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery). |
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Admiral Hopper loved young people and enjoyed giving talks on college and university campuses. She often handed out colored wires, which she called nanoseconds because they were cut to the length of about one footthe distance that light travels in a nanosecond (billionth of a second). Her advice to young people was, You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. |
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When asked which of her many accomplishments she was most proud of, she answered, All the young people I have trained over the years. |
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