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Former Georgia High Court Justice Elected to Trustee Board
July 13, 2010
Source: Community Partnership Update/July & August 2010
 Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice and Emory alumna, Leah Ward Sears, has been elected to Emory University's Board of Trustees. Nominated by the Emory Alumni Board, she was elected as an alumni trustee during the trustees' annual June meeting.
"Throughout her career, Justice Sears has exemplified the values essential to Emory as we advance our mission of courageous inquiry. Given her background, commitments and expertise, she will make outstanding contributions to the Emory University Board of Trustees," says Rosemary Magee, vice president and secretary of the University.
In Feb. 1992, then-Gov. Zell Miller appointed Sears to Georgia's Supreme Court where she became the first woman and the youngest person ever to sit on that court. She retained her seat on the state's Supreme Court by winning a statewide election in the fall of 1992, making her the first woman to win a contested statewide election in Georgia.
Justice Sears is a graduate of Emory Law School, earning a juris doctor in 1980; she also holds a bachelor of science degree from Cornell University and a master of laws in appellate judicial process from the University of Virginia School of Law. Sears also has honorary doctor of laws degrees from Morehouse College, John Marshall University, Clark-Atlanta University, LaGrange College and Piedmont College. In 2001, she received the Emory Medal, Emory University’s highest honor.
Emory's 41-member Board of Trustees oversees the governance and long-range fiduciary health of the University. Alumni trustees serve six years. Nominees are selected by the Emory Alumni Board and submitted to the board of trustees for consideration and approval.
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