Biographical Information on Lady Kate Korsah of Ghana

Biographical Information on Lady Kate Korsah of Ghana

GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS INSTITUTE 1726 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W. Washington 6, D. C. DUpont 7-6964 Biographical information on Lady Kate Ethel Amanuah KORSAHof Ghana, a participant in the Foreign Leader Program of the Inter­ national Educational Exchange Service of the United States Department of St.ate. Lady Kate Ethel Amanuah Korsah, President of Ghana Children's Day Nurseries and wife of the Chief Justice of Ghana. Home address. c/o The Supreme Court, Accra, Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast). Born: Accra, Gold Coast; married, 1 son, 4 daughters. Attended Methodist Girls' High School, Cape Coast; Portway College, Reading, England. Previously served as President, Y. W. C. A.; President, Ghana Women's Federation. Presently serving as President, Ghana Children's Day Nurseries. Also active in Y. W. C. A., Girl Guides Association, Ghana Women's Federation, Red Cross, and Society for the Blind. Previously visited United Kingdom and Continental Europe as far as Germany; Paris, 1923; Germany, 1929; and Switzerland, 1943. GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS INSTITUTE 1726 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W. Washington 6, D. C. DUpont 7-6964 Biographical information on Sir Kch:na Arku KORSAH, Kt., C. B. E., D. C. L. of Ghana, a participant in the Foreign Leader Program of the International Educational Exchange Service of the United States Department of State. Sir Kobina Arku Korsah, Chief Justice and former Acting Governor General of Ghana. Home address: c/o The Supreme Court, Accra, Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast). Born: April 3, 1894; Saltpond, GC?ldCoast; married, 1 son, 4 daughters. Attended Methodist High School, Cape Coast; Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone. Studied at the Universities of London and Durham. B. A., Durham, 1915 C. B. E., Durham, 1917 LLB., London, 1919 Called to the Bar, Middle Temple, 1919 M. A., London, 1943. D. C. L., Durham, 1944 Previously served as Member, Board of Education, Gold Coast; Member, Central Advisory Committee on Education; Member, Legislative Council, 1928-40; Member, Executive Council, 1942-45; Commission on Higher Education for West Africa, 1943-45; Pusine Judge, 1945-56 ; Justice of Appeal, West African Court of Appeal, 1956. Also served as Acting Governor General of Ghana, May-November, 1957. Presently serving as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana, since 1956. Sir Arku is an Honorary Fellow, Educational Institute of Scotland. He previously visited the United Kingdom and Continental Europe as far as Germany; Paris, 1923; Germany, 1929; and Switzerland, 1943. .

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