Rear Admiral Dr. Grace Murray Hopper coined the expression “it’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.” Just that alone justifies naming a ship and a park after her, but she did a few extraordinary things and coined some other expressions as well. Her motto, “Dare and Do” is also rather inspirational.
Unfortunately I do not own RADM Hopper’s autograph, but I have the next best thing. You see, a Brooklyn-based aviator and mechanic, one of the builders of “The Spirit of St. Louis”, Corrigan became famous in his own right by practicing Dr. Hopper’s prescription. He modified his own plane for a transatlantic flight, but spent years battling the bureaucracy. Finally he took off from Floyd Bennett field on a trip to California, but due to a “navigational error” (which he never admitted to be a ruse) ended up in Dublin, Ireland. Amused and impressed New Yorkers gave him a ticker tape parade, the Post printed a headline in reverse and for the rest of his life he was know as “Wrong Way” Corrigan. And here’s an autograph from my collection:
Corrigan and Hopper were born and died around the same time. They were a part of the Greatest Generation (by the way “American Generations” articles at Wikipedia are outstanding). Did something die with them? Why is the Canyon of Heroes so infrequently hosting ticker tape parades? Why didn’t Burt Rutan, Steve Fossett and Co. get one? Are there fewer non-sports heroes or is my generation, or is this all a result of the decline of the ticker tape machine?
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I Did Not Know That
Deadprogrammer wrote about Grace Hopper today and attributed to her the quote “It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.” I knew about Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper through the history of the computer in particular her coining …
GRACE HOPPER – PIECE OF COMPUTER PIONEER HISTORY FOR SALE:
THE ‘MOTHER OF COMPUTERS’
We have items that we are interested in selling–a piece of computer pioneering history.
My spouse attended a computer conference for the USAF in 1984. He is still working for the USAF.
Rear Admiral Grace Hopper the “mother of computers” was giving the lecture.
She gave five of her famous “nanosecond” teaching aid wires.
She autographed the conference flyer.
So we have Rear Adm. Hopper’s autograph on the original conference flyer and 5 nanosecond wires presented personally by her.
Do you have interest in purchasing these items 2) know anyone who might want them.
Offers accepted: email gek1@wf.quik.com