Computer Scientist. She was born Anita Borg Naffz in Chicago, Illinois, in January 1949, later growing up in Palatine, Illinois, Kaneohe, Hawaii, and Mukilteo, Washington. In her 20s she began studying computers when she began on a keyboard. She received a Ph.D in computer science from the Courant Institute in 1981 and began a career in research for some of the industry's commercial giants. In 1987 she started the Systers, an e-mailing and information sharing community which had grown to include 2,500 women in 38 countries. In 1994 ahe co-founded the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, named in honor of Navy Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, who also founded COBOL. In 1997 she left industry to found the Institute for Women and Technology. In 1999 she was appointed to the Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering, and Technology, by President Bill Clinton. In 2002 she received the Heinz Award for Technology, the Economy and Employment. She was a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery and a member of the Board of Directors of the Computing Research Association. She died from brain cancer at age 54 on April 7, 2003.
Computer Scientist. She was born Anita Borg Naffz in Chicago, Illinois, in January 1949, later growing up in Palatine, Illinois, Kaneohe, Hawaii, and Mukilteo, Washington. In her 20s she began studying computers when she began on a keyboard. She received a Ph.D in computer science from the Courant Institute in 1981 and began a career in research for some of the industry's commercial giants. In 1987 she started the Systers, an e-mailing and information sharing community which had grown to include 2,500 women in 38 countries. In 1994 ahe co-founded the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, named in honor of Navy Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, who also founded COBOL. In 1997 she left industry to found the Institute for Women and Technology. In 1999 she was appointed to the Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering, and Technology, by President Bill Clinton. In 2002 she received the Heinz Award for Technology, the Economy and Employment. She was a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery and a member of the Board of Directors of the Computing Research Association. She died from brain cancer at age 54 on April 7, 2003.
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