Grace Alele Williams was a professor of mathematics education, who made history as the first Nigerian female vice-chancellor at the University of Benin and the first Nigerian woman to receive a doctorate. She was born on December 16, 1932.
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Alele was the first president of the African Mathematics Union Commission on Women in Maths.
Her teaching career started in Queens’s school, Ede Osun State, where she was a mathematics teacher from 1954 to 1957. She also has a special interest in women’s education.
Grace Alele Williams Dead
Grace Alele died on March 26, 2022, at age 89. The cause of her death is yet to be revealed.
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Grace Alele Accomplishments
Grace Alele made history when she became the first female vice-chancellor at the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Edo State. She was also the first Nigerian woman to receive a doctorate degree.
Grace Alele Education
Grace Alele attended Government School, Warri, Queen’s College, Lagos and the University College of Ibadan (now University of Ibadan).
She obtained a master’s degree in mathematics while teaching at Queen’s School, Ede in Osun State in 1957 and her PhD degree in mathematics education at the University of Chicago (U.S.) in 1963
Grace Alele Quotes
- After creating the political class, journalists failed to set parameters for people in that class.
- To the elderly ones, you are retired but don’t be tired. Just keep doing what you were doing.
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