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词条 Grace Alele-Williams
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Academic career

  3. Personal life

  4. References

  5. External links

Grace Alele-Williams (born December 16, 1932) is an educator who made history as the first Nigerian woman to become the head (vice-chancellor) of a Nigerian university, the University of Benin.[1][2][3] She was also the first Nigerian woman to receive a doctorate degree.[4][5] She is a professor of mathematics education.[6]

Early life and education

Born in Warri, Alele-Williams attended Government School, Warri, and Queen's College, Lagos. She attended the University College (now the University of Ibadan), the University of Vermont (U.S.). and the University of Chicago (U.S.).[2]

Academic career

Her teaching career started at Queen's School, Ede Osun State, where she was mathematics teacher from 1954 until 1957.[7] She left for the University of Vermont to become a graduate assistant and later assistant professor. Between 1963 and '65, Alele-Williams was a postdoctoral research fellow, department (and institute) of Education, University of Ibadan from where she was appointed a professor of mathematics at the University of Lagos in 1976.[2]

She has held and served in various capacities. By serving in various committees and boards, Alele-Williams had made useful contributions in the development of education in Nigeria. She was chairman of the curriculum review committee, former Bendel State 1973-1979.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} From 1979 to 1985, she served as chairman of the Lagos State Curriculum Review Committee and Lagos State Examinations Boards.[8]

Alele-Williams was a member of governing council, UNESCO Institute of Education.[6]{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} [9] She is also a consultant to UNESCO and Institute of International Education Planning.[10][11] For a decade (1963–73) she was a member of the African Mathematics Programme, located in Newton, Massachusetts, United States.[2] She was also vice-president of the World Organisation for Early Childhood Education and later president of the Nigerian chapter.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} Alele-Williams has published a book titled Modern Mathematics Handbook for Teachers.

After serving as the vice-chancellor of the University of Benin, she joined the board of directors of Chevron-Texaco Nigeria. She is also on the board of HIP Asset Management Company Ltd, an Asset Management Company in Lagos, Nigeria.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} Professor Grace Awani Alele-Williams was a force to reckon with in the dark period for Nigeria's higher education. Then, the activities of secret cults, confraternities and societies had spread within the Nigerian Universities especially in University of Benin. She made valuable impacts, with combination of courage, ingenuity and strategy that the growing tide of cultism was stemmed in the university. A task which many men had failed, she was able to make notable contributions.[12]

Personal life

She has 5 children and 10 grandchildren.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}

References

1. ^{{citation|title=Women Leadership in Nigeria: Stories of Four Women Role Models|author=Nkechi Nwankwo|publisher=Deutchetz Publishers|location=Lagos|year=2006}}. Review {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626091727/http://sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/arts/2006/jul/25/arts-25-07-2006-001.htm |date=2012-06-26 }} by Theresa Onwughalu in the Daily Sun, July 25, 2006.
2. ^1 2 3 {{citation|title=Biographical sketches of famous African mathematicians: Grace Alele Williams|journal=AMUCHMA Newsletter|publisher=African Mathematical Union, Commission on the History of Mathematics in Africa|volume=12|url=http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/AMU/amu_chma_12.html#5}}.
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hallmarksoflabour.org/2011/11/prof-mrs-grace-alele-williams-ofr-hlr/ |title=Prof. Mrs. Grace Alele Williams OFR, HLR |publisher=Hallmarks of Labour Foundation |date=November 28, 2011 |accessdate=December 9, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216151023/http://www.hallmarksoflabour.org/2011/11/prof-mrs-grace-alele-williams-ofr-hlr/ |archivedate=December 16, 2013 |df= }}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/williams.htm|title=Grace Alele Williams|website=www.agnesscott.edu|access-date=2017-05-27}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulse.ng/communities/student/international-womens-day-5-women-who-have-made-their-marks-in-education/rsw5836|title=5 women who have made their marks in education|date=2018-03-08|website=www.pulse.ng|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-20}}
6. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/04/grace-alele-williams-mathematician-dealt-cultism-uniben/|title=Grace Alele-Williams: Mathematician who dealt with cultism at UNIBEN|last=Taire|first=Morenike|date=April 14, 2018|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=23 May 2018}}
7. ^{{citation|url=http://www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/WOMEN/williams.htm|title=Biographies of Women Mathematicians|contribution=Grace Alele Williams|author=Larry Riddle|publisher=Agnes Scott College}}.
8. ^{{cite web|title=Grace Alele Williams - Black Women in Mathematics|url=http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/PEEPS/williams_grace_alele.html|website=The State University of New York at Buffalo|accessdate=20 September 2015}}
9. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/04/grace-alele-williams|title=Grace Alele-Williams: Mathematician who dealt with cultism at UNIBEN - Vanguard News|date=2018-04-14|work=Vanguard News|access-date=2018-05-22}}
10. ^{{cite journal|publisher=Unesco|title=Women in Higher Education Management|url=http://www.unesco.org/education/pdf/24_211.pdf|format=pdf|pages=7|accessdate= January 13, 2014}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/PEEPS/williams_grace_alele.html|title=Grace Alele Williams; Black Women in Mathematics|accessdate= January 13, 2013|publisher=The State University of New York at Buffalo}}
12. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/04/grace-alele-williams-mathematician-dealt-cultism-uniben/|title=Grace Alele-Williams: Mathematician who dealt with cultism at UNIBEN - Vanguard News|date=2018-04-14|work=Vanguard News|access-date=2018-05-22}}

External links

  • Brief Professional Biography and List of Publications
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