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OriginalGrace Hopper, nicknamed "Amazing Grace" because of her significant accomplishments, was a pioneering computer scientist and eventually a rear admiral in the US Navy. She earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from Yale, and is sometimes called "the mother of COBOL". A US Navy ship and a supercomputer at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center were named in her honor. Note that her rank was called commodore at the time, and is currently officially called rear admiral (lower half).
Reason
Notable person, and this seems to be the best quality photo that we have.
Articles in which this image appears
Grace Hopper
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
James S. Davis

Promoted File:Commodore Grace M. Hopper, USN (covered).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:37, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]