Dr Myma Adwowa Belo-Osagie, the Senior partner, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie Law Firm, has been elected an international honorary member in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2018 Class of new Fellows and International Honorary Members.

Founded in 1780, the Academy is one of the country’s oldest learned societies and independent policy research centres convening leaders from the academic, business, and government sectors to respond to the challenges and opportunities available to the nation and the world in general.

Its projects and publications generate ideas and offer recommendations to advance the public good in the arts, citizenship, education, energy, government, the humanities, international relations, science, the public good and more.

The Academy is committed to recognising and celebrating excellence, and honours exceptional scholars, leaders, artists, and innovators, and engages them in sharing knowledge and addressing challenges facing the world.

Belo-Osagie will join other 2018 honorees including Barack Obama and various civic, business, and philanthropic leaders’ scholars, scientists, writers and artists who have been elected to the 238th class of the Academy.

Existing African members include Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka.

She holds an LL.B (1975) from the University of Ghana, Legon, and LL.M (1978) and SJD (1985) from Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and is admitted to practice in Ghana, New York and Nigeria.

Belo-Osagie is married to telecom/banking guru, Keem Belo-Osage, and has four children; she also serves as a board member and trustee of a number of Nigerian and international companies — not-for-profit and non-governmental organisations.

(THEELITES)