EducationGrace attended two private schools for girls in New York City: Graham School and Schoonmakers School. At the Schoonmakers School, Grace played basketball, field hockey and water polo. In 1923, Grace failed a Latin exam and was denied admission to Vassar College. She attended a boarding school (Hartridge School in Plainfield, New Jersey), until she was accepted at Vassar College the following year at the age of 17 (Dickason). Perhaps in responsive aggression of failing her Latin entrance exam, Grace graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College in 1928 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Physics. Soon after, Grace enrolled in graduate school and received a Master’s Degree in Mathematics from Yale University in 1930. The same year, she married Vincent Foster Hopper, a Princeton and future Columbia graduate. Grace and Vincent separated in the 1940’s, and Vincent was killed in World War II in 1945. They had no children (Danis). Grace went back to Vassar College to teach in 1931. In the meantime, she also earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics from Yale in 1934 and was consequently promoted from instructor to associate professor at Vassar. Grace continued to teach at Vassar until 1943, when she decided to serve her country by joining the Navy. [ Introduction | Childhood | Education | Work and Accomplishments |
