Prof. Grace Alele-Williams, first female Vice Chancellor of a Nigerian university and the first Nigerian woman to receive a Doctorate is dead.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Prof. Alele-Williams, born December 16, 1932 died on Friday.
Alele-Williams, an educator made history as 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, She was a professor of mathematics.
Alele-Williams was born in Warri, Delta State, and 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, thereby making her the first Nigerian woman to be awarded a doctorate.
Alele-Williams returned to Nigeria for a couple of years’ postdoctoral work at the University of Ibadan before joining the University of Lagos in 1965.
Source: News Guru
