Grace Hopper

Grace Hopper (1906-1992) was a computer scientist and US Navy rear admiral who programmed the first large-scale digital computer.
Hopper's achievements led to many accolades during and after her life including being named the Computer Sciences "Man-of-the-Year" by the Data Processing Management Association during the Vietnam War, receiving the National Medal of Technology, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and has had several streets, parks, and building christened in her name including the guided missile destroyer USS Hopper nicknamed Amazing Grace (one of a very short list of US military vessels named after women).
==References==
* Hopper's history with computers, and role in identifying the first programming bug, is covered in Scooter's school report "Great Moments (and Neat Stuff) in Computer History" in Muppet Magazine issue 6, which had a computer theme.
* A "Trivial But True" segment in The Muppet CD-ROM: Muppets Inside also references Hopper's identification of the first bug found in computer programming.
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