Grace Murray Hopper Grace Murray Hopper was born on December 9, 1906 in New York City, New York. She died New Year's Day, 1992. During her lifetime Grace Hopper accomplished many great things. She gained the title "grandmother of the computer age" for her ground- breaking work on the first computer, the Mark I. Grace Murray Hopper was born to Walter and Mary Hopper of New York. She was the oldest of three children, she a has a …showed first 75 words of 400 total…

…showed last 75 words of 400 total…relay. This caused an error on the computer. During Grace's life she had achieved many great things. She became the first women to win the National Medal of Technology, as well as many other awards and titles. She was truly a woman to admire! I'd like to end with on of her quotes "If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologize than it is to get permission."