Here is Milly in the 50s as a consultant to UNIVAC
She attended Philadelphia High School for Girls and graduated in Mathematics from University of Pennsylvania in 1950.[4] Following her first job interview with an insurance company, Koss, who was engaged at the time, was rejected for the reason that married women would have children and leave.[5]
She worked at Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC) under Grace Hopper, programming the UNIVAC I. Her first big project was the development of what has become known as the 'Editing Generator', a sophisticated program to automatically format data for printing.[5] Being able to create margins, headings and page numbers on the fly, Koss was the first programmer to attempt word processing.[6] During her time at EMCC she also wrote some of the first sorting programs, and with Hopper wrote the first compiler. After working for several other companies including Burroughs, Remington Rand, Philco and CDC, Koss moved to Harvard University where she stayed for 27 years until she retired in 1994, having been Associate Director of the Office for Information Technology and the University's Information Security Officer.[3] Her colleague Jean Bartik recalled that Koss had become pregnant and was expected to leave her post, but she approached Hopper with the idea of what is now known as telecommuting, and Hopper encouraged her to stay on and to work from home as necessary. She negotiated similar arrangements in several subsequent posts.[7]
Koss died on 11 September 2012, survived by three children and three grandchildren. Her husband Norman A. Koss had pre-deceased her: they had been married for 60 years.[1]
Referencesedit
^ ab"Adele "Milly" Goss Koss: Obituary". Service Corporation International. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
^"Ada Lovelace Awards". Association for Women in Computing. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
^ abc"Adele Koss". Spoke. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
^Blessing, Kimberley. "Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day 2010". Retrieved 15 October 2018.
^ abKoss, A.M. (2003). "Programming on the Univac. 1. A woman's account". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 25 (1): 48–59. doi:10.1109/MAHC.2003.1179879. ISSN 1058-6180.
^W., Beyer, Kurt. Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age. Cork. ISBN9781483550497. OCLC 974891110.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Bartik, Jean Jennings (2013). Jean Jennings Bartik and the Computer that Changed the World. Truman State University Press. p. 127. ISBN9781612480862. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
milly, koss, adele, mildred, koss, known, born, july, 1928, citation, needed, died, september, 2012, american, pioneering, computer, programmer, association, women, computing, awarded, lovelace, award, 2000, here, milly, consultant, univac, attended, philadelp. Adele Mildred Koss known as Milly Koss born 11 July 1928 citation needed died 11 September 2012 1 was an American pioneering computer programmer The Association for Women in Computing awarded her an Ada Lovelace Award in 2000 2 3 Here is Milly in the 50s as a consultant to UNIVAC She attended Philadelphia High School for Girls and graduated in Mathematics from University of Pennsylvania in 1950 4 Following her first job interview with an insurance company Koss who was engaged at the time was rejected for the reason that married women would have children and leave 5 She worked at Eckert Mauchly Computer Corporation EMCC under Grace Hopper programming the UNIVAC I Her first big project was the development of what has become known as the Editing Generator a sophisticated program to automatically format data for printing 5 Being able to create margins headings and page numbers on the fly Koss was the first programmer to attempt word processing 6 During her time at EMCC she also wrote some of the first sorting programs and with Hopper wrote the first compiler After working for several other companies including Burroughs Remington Rand Philco and CDC Koss moved to Harvard University where she stayed for 27 years until she retired in 1994 having been Associate Director of the Office for Information Technology and the University s Information Security Officer 3 Her colleague Jean Bartik recalled that Koss had become pregnant and was expected to leave her post but she approached Hopper with the idea of what is now known as telecommuting and Hopper encouraged her to stay on and to work from home as necessary She negotiated similar arrangements in several subsequent posts 7 In 1997 she was awarded a Pioneer Award one of seven women to be so honoured at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 3 Koss died on 11 September 2012 survived by three children and three grandchildren Her husband Norman A Koss had pre deceased her they had been married for 60 years 1 References edit a b Adele Milly Goss Koss Obituary Service Corporation International Retrieved 15 October 2018 Ada Lovelace Awards Association for Women in Computing Retrieved 15 October 2018 a b c Adele Koss Spoke Retrieved 15 October 2018 Blessing Kimberley Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day 2010 Retrieved 15 October 2018 a b Koss A M 2003 Programming on the Univac 1 A woman s account IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 25 1 48 59 doi 10 1109 MAHC 2003 1179879 ISSN 1058 6180 W Beyer Kurt Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age Cork ISBN 9781483550497 OCLC 974891110 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Bartik Jean Jennings 2013 Jean Jennings Bartik and the Computer that Changed the World Truman State University Press p 127 ISBN 9781612480862 Retrieved 15 October 2018 External links edit Adele Mildred Koss Dblp Computer Science Bibliography nbsp This biographical article relating to a computer specialist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Milly Koss amp oldid 1138241340, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
