1982HopperSafer1

First half of 60 Minutes interview of Grace Murray Hopper by Morley Safer done in 1982. At this point in time Capt. Hopper was 76 and she discusses her experiences as one of the first researchers on the Harvard Mark I. She is a very motivational speaker. She speaks about the computer revolution, finding the first bug and qualities of leadership. Mr. Safer does a nice job showing her off and adding documentary video. This video complements the 1986 Letterman interview with retired Rear Admiral Hopper found elsewhere on youtube.

Enjoy,
A. Jorge Garcia
Applied Math and CompSci
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/cistheta2007
http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009

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Education

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• Grace
• Murray
• Hopper
• Morley
• Safer
• 60
• Minutes
• Interview
• Computer
• History
• 1982

[cistheta2007]

Thanx!

[AlanCanon2222]

I remember when this segment first aired. I was a teenage computer geek, and was so blown away. What a privilege to stand on the same planet with such as Rear Admiral Hopper.

[Highlander9992003]

AWESOME lady, love the description of Nano-Second

[lordjavathe3rd]

@chattychar In general, men are. It's not like we'd mind if more women were interested, it's just a very unusual occurrence.

[swill1020]

that was from 1982. wow, 30 years ago and she nails it. i was in college in 82. we programed computers with punch cards. they would punch holes into cards and the machine would read commands. the cards would wind up in the hopper card file. named after her.

[ObLiViOnZThEkIllEr]

She was really ahead of her time! ;O

[cadmus98]

@chattychar "to the men who only think that men are knowledable with programming/computers"

Real computer nerds know that women were in the scene right from the start. For example, Lady Ada along with Charles Babbage. But it's still a male-dominated field; guys generally seem to be into things like engineering, electronics, math and so on more than women. Traditionally that may have been due to women being tied up with kids, but even today women are still the minority in these subjects.

[cadmus98]

If they had the Model T in '82, what are we driving now? Ford Fairlanes?

[AlanCanon2222]

@OryxconLara Lucky you! With dead seriousness, if I were you I'd make sure I got buried with that nanosecond when I died....either that or pass it down to a young person who will appreciated it!

[AlanCanon2222]

@FKeel1 It's from a television show entitled "60 minutes."

[MrMerlinss]

Interesting and informative video......