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Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992) - computer scientist

Grace Hopper was a pioneering computer scientist and rear admiral in the United States Navy. Hopper joined the Naval Reserve during World War II and worked as one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer. She later wrote the first computer programming compiler and conceptualized COBOL, one of the first modern programming languages. Upon her retirement, she was awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the highest non-combat award given by the Department of Defense.

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