Patricia Graham

{{short description|American historian}}

{{For|the Australian aviator|Patricia Graham (pilot)}}

Patricia Albjerg Graham (born 1935) is a historian of American education. She was the first woman to be appointed as a dean at Harvard University, serving as dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education from 1982 to 1991.{{Cite web |date=2025-05-23 |title=Patricia Albjerg Graham |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/patricia-albjerg-graham |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=American Academy of Arts and Sciences |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Patricia Albjerg Graham, 1935– |url=https://www.gse.harvard.edu/about/history/deans/patricia-albjerg-graham |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=Harvard Graduate School of Education |language=en}}

She began her teaching career in Deep Creek High School in Virginia in 1955 and went on to become a lecturer at Indiana University, professor of history and education at Barnard College and Teachers College, Columbia University, and dean of the Radcliffe Institute and of Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she held an endowed chair. She went on to serve as president of the Spencer Foundation from 1991 to 2000. On May 28, 2015, Graham was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by Harvard University.{{Cite web |last=Walsh |first=Corydon Ireland, Christina Pazzanese, Alvin Powell, Colleen |date=2015-05-28 |title=Ten to receive honorary degrees |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/05/ten-to-receive-honorary-degrees/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=Harvard Gazette |language=en-US}}

She was married to historian Loren Graham (1933–2024) for 70 years until his death.{{Cite web |last=Kramer |first=Mark |date=2025-01-07 |title=A Tribute to Loren Graham (1933-2024) {{!}} Davis Center |url=https://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/insights/tribute-loren-graham-1933-2024 |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=Harvard University Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies |language=en}}