Grace Murray Hopper

An inventor of the language Cobol, Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper toured the country throughout her four-decade career, paving the way for the new technology. Allergic to conservative thinking habits, she said, "If during the next 12 months, any one of you says, 'But we've always done it that way,' I will instantly materialize beside you and I will haunt you for 24 hours."