Scratch that -- I meant to say that it was announced recently that Yale's Calhoun College will be *renamed* for Grace Hopper (as of this summer).
Here's why (reduced to its most basic premise) -- Mr. Calhoun liked him some slavery. Ms. Hopper liked her some computers.
Admittedly, it's a little more complicated than that -- 'cause Mr. Calhoun, I mean Senator Calhoun, was a bit of a white supremacy *enthusiast* and *champion* of slavery ... and Ms. Hopper helped create COBOL (which, if you learned about computers in the late 80's in high school as I did, means that she was pretty pretty smart -- and, most importantly, NOT the king of the racists).
In other news, Lynch Gym is still named Lynch Gym on my undergrad campus -- but that's another story for another day.
Calhoun College, which admittedly makes me think of Will Forte's politician character on SNL as opposed to the whole slavery-is-awesome movement, you will NOT be missed (except maybe by some Bannon types ... 'cause, you know ... Trump and all) ...
A MORE SCHOLARLY APPROACH TO THE SUBJECT:
http://news.yale.edu/2017/02/11/yale-change-calhoun-college-s-name-honor-grace-murray-hopper-0
A LITTLE MORE ABOUT MS. HOPPER:
https://ghc.anitaborg.org/about-grace-hopper/
ADMITTEDLY, WHAT I THINK OF WHEN I HEAR CALHOUN:
https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/cast/will-forte-15126/character/tim-calhoun-102616
