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The history of the College is certainly living history. It was founded as Calhoun College in 1933, and renamed Grace Hopper College in 2017. Heightened discussion and debate about whether the College’s name should change and if so, to what, began in the late 1970s and continued, unevenly, through 2017.
Apr 3, 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...
During her lifetime, Hopper was awarded 40 honorary degrees from universities across the world. A college at Yale University was renamed in her honor. In 1991, she received the National Medal of Technology. On November 22, 2016, she was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.
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.
Education. Hopper was born in 1906 in New York City. Curious by nature, she studied mathematics at Vassar College, having been admitted there at 17. She graduated with a BA in mathematics and physics, and went on to earn a master’s degree at Yale University in 1930. Four years later, she earned a Ph.D. in mathematics, also from Yale.
Stories. The Legacy of Grace Hopper. By Max Kutner ’11. Photo courtesy of Vassar Archives and Special Collections. The world is waking up to the contributions of Grace Murray Hopper ’28, computer pioneer, Navy Rear Admiral, and former Vassar Assistant Professor. It’s about time…
Feb 10, 2017 · In 1928 she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College with degrees in mathematics and physics. In 1930 Hopper received her master’s degree in mathematics from Yale. In 1931 she began teaching mathematics at Vassar while pursuing her doctorate at Yale under computer pioneer Howard Engstrom.
