Marjorie Devaney

Marjorie Devaney
Devaney punching a program for the MANIAC, 1952
Born
Marjorie Ann Jones

(1931-03-03)March 3, 1931
Bell, California, USA
DiedSeptember 20, 2007(2007-09-20) (aged 76)
Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
Resting placeGuaje Pines Cemetery, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
Alma materUniversity of New Mexico–Los Alamos
SpouseJoseph Devaney

Marjorie Ann "Marge" Jones Devaney (March 3, 1931 – September 20, 2007) was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, and computer scientist who assisted in the development of the MANIAC I (Mathematical Analyzer Numerical Integrator And Computer) computer in 1951 as a member of the Theoretical Division at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, making her one of world's earliest computer programmers.[1][2][3]

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