Born: March 6, 1979Golf led Arizona State to the NCAA Division I golf team title in 1998; won the individual NCAA title in 1999; won the 1998 U.S. Amateur Championship; turned pro in 1999 and…
rear admiral; computer scientistBorn: 12/9/1906Birthplace: New York City Dr. Grace Murray Hopper was one of the earliest computer programmers and a leader in the field of software development…
actress, Princess of MonacoBorn: 11/12/1929Birthplace: Philadelphia Academy Award-winning film actress whose cool beauty launched her career in such films as The Country Girl (1954), Dial M for…
activistBorn: 1915Birthplace: Providence, R.I. Boggs enrolled in Barnard College in 1931 at age to study philosophy. She stayed until she received a Ph.D. in 1940. She moved to Chicago and became…
writerDied: August 22, 2007 (Thetford Hill, Vermont) Best Known as: celebrated writer and social activist Celebrated writer and social activist who explored the…
(Encyclopedia) Hartigan, Grace, 1922–2008, American painter, b. Newark, N.J. Hartigan moved to Manhattan in 1945 and began painting semiabstract canvases after her introduction to the works of the…
(Encyclopedia) Hopper, Grace, 1906–92, American computer scientist, b. New York City as Grace Brewster Murray. She was educated at Vassar College and Yale (Ph.D., 1934). After teaching at Vassar (…
(Encyclopedia) Paley, Grace, 1922–2007, American writer and social activist, b. the Bronx, N.Y., as Grace Goodside. In short stories mainly celebrating the lives of women, Paley paints the daily…
