Leola Cutler

Leola Cutler learned computer programming on reportedly the first computer in Los Angeles, at UCLA.  She employed her programming skills to support the development of codes for linear programming and extensions on RAND's JOHNNIAC and other computers, and conducted experiments on their use. She worked for RAND for 37 years, beginning in the 1950's.  Leola Cutler died in 2015 at the age of 92.  Image courtesy of the RAND Archives.