$ Betty Holberton

1917–2001
ENIAC programming & language standards

Original ENIAC programmer; contributed to early programming practices, data formats, and standards (COBOL/Fortran committees).

ENIACCOBOLFortranstandardshistory

$ contributions

  • One of the six original ENIAC programmers developing practical programming techniques
  • Helped formalize early software practices and documentation for large systems
  • Contributed to language standardization efforts for COBOL and Fortran
  • Worked on data formatting standards and technical specifications for reliability
  • Advocated professionalization of programming during the formative years of CS

$ awards

  • IEEE Computer Pioneer Award

$ references

WikipediaComputer History MuseumIEEE Annals (histories)