Grace Hopper College

Grace Hopper College is a residential college of Yale University, opened in 1933 as one of the original eight undergraduate residential colleges endowed by Edward Harkness. It was originally named Calhoun College after US Vice President John C. Calhoun, but renamed in 2017 in honor of computer scientist Grace Murray Hopper. The building was designed by John Russell Pope.

Grace Hopper College
Residential college
Yale University
Coat of Arms of Grace Hopper College (Adopted 2017)
Location189 Elm Street
Coordinates41.309974°N 72.927241°W / 41.309974; -72.927241
MottoUna imus in altum (Latin)
Motto in EnglishInto the deep heaven we go
Established1933 (as Calhoun College)
Named forGrace Murray Hopper
formerly, John C. Calhoun
Previous namesCalhoun College
ArchitectJames Gamble Rogers
ColorsBlack, Navy Blue, Gold, Silver
Sister college Kirkland House, Harvard
Pembroke College, Oxford
King's College, Cambridge
HeadJulia Adams
DeanDavid Francis
Undergraduates425 (2013–2014)
MascotDolphin
Websitegracehopper.yalecollege.yale.edu

From the 1960s onward, Calhoun's white supremacist beliefs and pro-slavery leadership had prompted calls to rename the college and remove its tributes to Calhoun. In 2016, the Yale Corporation chose to retain the Calhoun name, but in 2017 it reversed its decision and renamed the college after Hopper.

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