Grace Alele-Williams

Grace Alele-Williams
OON, FMAN, FNAE
Born
Grace Awani Alele

(1932-12-16)16 December 1932
Warri, Western Region, Nigeria
Died25 March 2022(2022-03-25) (aged 89)
Lagos, Nigeria
EducationUniversity of Ibadan(1954)
University of Chicago (PhD, 1963)
Spouse
Babatunde Abraham Williams
(m. 1963; died 2010)
Children5
Scientific career
Fieldsmathematics education
InstitutionsQueen's School
University of Ibadan
University of Vermont
University of Lagos
ThesisDynamics Of Education In The Birth Of A New Nation: Case Study Of Nigeria. (1963)

Grace Awani Alele-Williams OON, FMAN, FNAE (16 December 1932 – 25 March 2022) was a Nigerian professor of mathematics education, who made history as the first Nigerian woman to receive a doctorate, and the first female vice-chancellor at any Nigerian university, at the University of Benin.