CHIPS Articles: RADM Grace Hopper, USN Ret. Professional Activities & Significant Honors/Awards
RADM Grace Hopper, USN Ret. Professional Activities & Significant Honors/Awards
By CHIPS Magazine
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June 27, 2011
Professional Activities
• 1931-1943 Instructor to Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Vassar College
• 1943 Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Barnard College
• 1946-49 Research Fellow in Engineering Sciences and, Applied Physics, Computation Laboratory, Harvard University
• 1949-52 Senior Mathematician, Eckert-Mauchly, Computer Corporation
• 1952-64 Systems Engineer, Director of Automatic Programming Development, UNIVAC Division of the Sperry Corporation
• 1959 Visiting Lecturer to Adjunct Professor, Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
• 1964-71 Staff Scientist, Systems Programming, UNIVAC Division of Sperry Corporation, (on military leave 1967-71) retired 1971
• 1967-77 Activity duty, U.S. Navy, serving in the Information Systems Division, as OP-911F
• 1971-78 Professional Lecturer in Management Sciences, George Washington University
• 1977-86 Active duty, U.S. Navy, serving as NAVDAC-OO
• 1986-90 Senior Consultant, Digital Equipment Corporation
Significant Honors/Awards
(This is not a complete list. It merely highlights her many accomplishments.)
• 1918 Phi Beta Kapp
• 1934 Sigma Xi
• 1946 Naval Ordnance Development Award
• 1962 Fellow, IEEE
• 1963 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
• 1964 Society of Women Engineers, SWE Achievement Award
• 1968 IEEE Philadelphia Section Achievement Award
• 1968 Connelly Memorial Award, Miami Valley Computer Association
• 1969 Data Processing Management Association, Computer Sciences "Man of the Year"
• 1970 Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Honorary Member, Texas A&M, Alpha Chapter
• 1970 American Mothers Committee, Science Achievement Award
• 1970 American Federation of Information Processing societies-Harry Goode Memorial Award
• 1972 Honorary Doctor of Engineering, Newark College of Engineering
• 1972 Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, Yale University
• 1973 Epsilon Delta Pi, Honorary Member, SUNY Potsdam Chapter
• 1973 Honorary Doctor of Science, C.W. Post College, Long Island University
• 1973 Elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering
• 1973 Legion of Merit
• 1973 Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society
• 1974 Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania
• 1976 Distinguished Member Award, Washington D.C. Chapter, ACM
• 1976 Honorary Doctor of Science, Pratt Institute
• 1976 W. Wallace McDowell Award, IEEE Computer Society
• 1980 3 Honorary Doctorates
• 1980 Meritorious Service Medal
• 1981 3 Honorary Doctorates
• 1982 2 Honorary Doctorates
• 1983 5 Honorary Doctorates
• 1983 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Computer Pioneer Medal
• 1983 Golden Plate Award, American Academy of Achievement, California
• 1983 American Association of University women Achievement Award
• 1983 Federally Employed Women Achievement Award
• 1983 Association of Computing Machinery Distinguished Service Award
• 1984 8 Honorary Doctorates
• 1984 Living Legacy Award, Women's International Center, California
• 1984 Woman of the Year Award, Young Women's Christian Association of the National Capitol Area
• 1985 7 Honorary Doctorates
• 1985 The Grace Murray Hopper Service Center built at NARDAC San Diego
• 1986 4 Honorary Doctorates
• 1986 Defense Distinguished Service Medal
• 1986 Meritorious Citation, Navy Relief Society
• 1987 1 Honorary Doctorate
• 1988 The Charles Holmes Pette Medal, University of New Hampshire
• 1988 The Emanuel R. Piore Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• 1990 National Medal of Te
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 Captain Grace Hopper in her Winter Blue uniform standing in front of a mainframe computer.
 RADM Grace Hopper and her famous nanosecond during a lecture at Navy Micro.
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