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Twelve new decorative windows installed today in Grace Hopper College, the Yale residential college previously known as Calhoun College, celebrate the richness of the college’s community and contemplate the complex history behind its name.
Grace Hopper College is a residential college of Yale University, opened in 1933 as one of the original eight undergraduate residential colleges endowed by Edward Harkness. It was originally named Calhoun College after US Vice President John C. Calhoun, but renamed in 2017 in honor of computer scientist Grace Murray Hopper.
Grace Hopper College – founded as Calhoun College in 1933 and renamed in honor of Grace Hopper ‘30 M.A., ‘34 Ph.D. in 2017 – is one of the smaller residential colleges. But don’t let that fool you! Its size encourages tight-knit community, and its central location and intimate space make it a wonderful place to be.
Grace Brewster Murray Hopper (1906-1992) was a mathematician; a pioneer in computer sciences; a teacher and public educator, and a naval officer (she retired as a Rear Admiral). Hopper received a master’s degree in mathematics (1930) and a Ph.D. in mathematics (1934) from Yale.
3 de abr. de 2014 · Born Grace Brewster Murray in New York City on December 9, 1906, Grace Hopper studied math and physics at Vassar College. After graduating from Vassar in 1928, she proceeded to Yale University,...
This afternoon we honor the life of Grace Murray Hopper—an extraordinary Yale graduate whose achievements spanned decades and changed the way we understand and use computers. We also reflect on what her life means for us today.
3 de dic. de 2014 · The most colorful programming pioneer was a gutsy and spirited, yet also charming and collegial, naval officer named Grace Hopper, who ended up working for Harvard’s Howard Aiken, designer of the Mark I computer, and then for Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, creators of the general-purpose electronic digital computer.
