Dorothy Parker died in 1967. In 1972, my university presented its first ever computer science course: a second year course, teaching both IBM 360 assembly language and Fortran. The driving force behind this was Derek Henderson, one of the first people to receive a PhD in Computer Science. And a member of the team that designed the IBM 360.

What did this have to do with Dorothy Parker? Well the year I took my first Computer Science course from Prof. Henderson (as he was known to me), I discovered two passions in my life - programming, and the very cool women on campus who all seemed to be carrying the book "The Portable Dorothy Parker" with them everywhere.