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Margaret Elaine Hamilton ( née Heafield; born August 17, 1936) is an American computer scientist. She was director of the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, which developed on-board flight software for NASA 's Apollo program.
Margaret Brainard Hamilton (December 9, 1902 – May 16, 1985) was an American actress and educator. She was best known for her portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West and her Kansas counterpart Almira Gulch in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz. [1]
May 9, 2024 · Margaret Hamilton (born August 17, 1936, Paoli, Indiana, U.S.) is an American computer scientist who was one of the first computer software programmers; she created the term software engineer to describe her work.
Margaret Hamilton was an American actress who played the iconic role of The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz (1939). She also appeared in other films, TV shows and stage plays, and taught acting to Jim Backus and Thurston Howell III.
Aug 17, 2016 · One of the many contributors to this effort was Margaret Hamilton, a computer scientist who led the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, which in 1961 contracted with NASA to develop the Apollo program’s guidance system.
Interviewed by David C. Brock on 2017-04-13 in Boston, MA X8164.2017 © Computer History Museum In this oral history, Margaret Hamilton describes her life and career in computing.
Jul 20, 2016 · Learn how Margaret Hamilton, a software engineer and pioneer, wrote the code for Apollo 11's on-board flight software and coined the term "software engineering". Read her interview about her experience with NASA, the challenges and rewards of her work, and her inspiration and influences.
