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MILESTONES, Page 50
DIED. Grace Hopper, 85, retired Navy rear admiral and
computer-science pioneer; in Arlington, Va. After receiving a
doctorate in mathematics from Yale in 1934, Hopper taught at her
alma mater, Vassar. In 1943 she joined the Navy and used the
forerunner of modern computers to do ordnance calculations.
Hopper helped develop UNIVAC, the first large commercial
computer. At 60, she was recalled to active duty to help
standardize the Navy's computer languages. She retired in 1986
as the nation's oldest active-duty officer. A blunt woman who
smoked unfiltered cigarettes, she once called the women's
movement "tommyrot and nonsense," declaring, "Being a woman
won't hold you back if you have the desire, the courage and the
skills."