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Dr. Beryl Elizabeth Williams (b. May 23,1914 – d. May 7,1999) is considered the mother of continuing education at Morgan State University, a historical black college located in Baltimore, Maryland. She was born as Beryl Elizabeth Warner in Bangor, Maine. Her father was a Boston & Maine Railroad porter and her mother owned and operated a Bangor boarding house. She received her higher education at the University of Maine at Orono. In 1935, she became the first African- American to receive a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. She earned her master’s degree in mathematics in 1940. She received an honorary doctorate of pedagogy degree in 1972 from the same university.

She was member of various civic and professional organizations that served the interests of the African American community including Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, National Council of Negro Women, and Citizens for Black History.