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          Jean E. Sammet, an American computer scientist who developed the FORMAC programming language and who served as the first female president of.

        1. Jean E. Sammet, an American computer scientist who developed the FORMAC programming language and who served as the first female president of.
        2. Jean Sammet was a computer pioneer who worked on mathematical analysis problems using an analog computer at Sperry.
        3. Jean E. Sammet was born in New York City on March 23rd, Taking an interest in mathematics from a young age, Sammet attended Julia Richman High School.
        4. Jean E. Sammet, the computer programmer who developed the FORMAC programming language and was also a key member of the group that invented COBOL.
        5. List of computer science publications by Jean E. Sammet.
        6. Jean E. Sammet was born in New York City on March 23rd, Taking an interest in mathematics from a young age, Sammet attended Julia Richman High School..

          Jean E. Sammet

          Born March 23, 1928, New York, N.

          Y; member of the CODASYL Cobol committee, chairman of the Short Range Subcommittee, which developed all the statements of the language; originator and developer of FORMAC, one of the earliest formula manipulation languages; leader in language systematization and historian of computer languages.

          Education: BA, mathematics, Mount Holyoke College (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), 1948; MA, mathematics, University of Illinois, 1949.

          Professional Experience: teaching assistant, mathematics, University of Illinois, 1948-1951; dividend technician, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 1951-1952; teaching assistant, mathematics, Barnard College, Columbia University, 1952-1953; engineer, Sperry Gyroscope Co., 1953-1958; Sylvania Electric Products: section head, MOBIDIC Programming, 1958-1959, staff consultant, Programming Research, 1959-1961; IBM Corp.: manager, Boston Advanced Programming, 1961-1965, Programming Language Technology ma