OT Grace Murray Hopper

[Alan Dayley]

"You manage things and lead people" - Grace Hopper

Alan

On Mar 12, 2013, at 12:32 PM, George Toft <george at georgetoft.com> wrote:

 "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission." ~Grace
Hopper
http://www.history.navy.mil/bios/hopper_grace.htm

Now here's the story . . .
Captain Hopper was put in charge of the COBOL project and had a Chief
(senior enlisted person that usually runs divisions of personnel and gets
things done - kinda like a team lead but better).  Her office was barren.
She said: "Chief, get me some furniture."  Chief did what Chiefs do best,
and he found a warehouse full of office furniture, and got his team to move
some of it to their office.  A couple weeks later, the warehouse manager
showed up asking about the furniture, where they got it (because he knew),
and wanted to see the requisition paperwork.  Capt Hopper, of course, had
no paperwork.  Caught red-handed, she asked him: "If I requested the
furniture, you would have said no.  Since I already have it, and you don't
need it, can I keep it?"  He agreed.  Thus was born the saying "It's easier
to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."

Sometimes, ya just gotta do it! (TM)

Regards,

George Toft

On 3/12/2013 2:29 AM, Derek Trotter wrote:

 They sneer at COBOL but 50 years on and it's still in use.

I like how Grace taped the moth to the log book as if she thought she
wouldn't be believed.   Yes she was one of a kind.  The Navy kept making
her retire then calling her back because they couldn't do without her.

-- 
"I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and if
I’m not there, I carry on as usual."

Patrick Moore



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