Adele L. Grant | |
|---|---|
| Born | Adele Gerard Lewis June 3, 1881 |
| Died | June 19, 1969 (aged 88) |
| Known for | Founder of Graduate Women in Science and Prytanean Women's Honor Society |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley, B.S., 1903 Washington University in St. Louis, M.Sc. and Ph.D. |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Botany |
| Institutions | Cornell University Huguenot College Missouri Botanical Garden University of California, Los Angeles San Francisco State College University of Southern California George Pepperdine College |
Adele Gerard Lewis Grant (June 3, 1881 – June 19, 1969) was an American botanist, academic, and plant collector. She founded the Prytanean Women's Honor Society, the first U.S. collegiate honor socieety for women, and Sigma Delta Epsilon, a scientific fraternity for women graduate students which survives as the national organization Graduate Women in Science.