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What a full life Alma led!
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Dr. Alma Stokey, Mt. Holyoke Professor, 90
Dr. Alma G. Stokey, 90, head of the Mount Holyoke College department of plant science from 1916 to 1942, died Monday in a nursing home in Norwell.
Professor Stokey was born in Canton, Ohio, in 1877 and received her A.B. from Oberlin College and her doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1908. From 1904 to 1906, she was assistant in botany at Oberlin. After receiving her doctorate Professor Stokey came to Mount Holyoke as instructor in the botany department. She was named associate professor in 1911 and professor in 1916. On a two year leave of absence from 1929 to 1931, Dr. Stokey went to India to organize and teach in the department of botany at the Women's Christian College in Madras. She returned to India for one year in 1936-1937.
Professor Stokey was a member of Sigma Xi Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Botanical Society of America, the Sullivant Moss Society, and the Torrey Botanical Club.
Professor Stokey is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Eva Evans of Coral Gables, Fla., and Dr. Laura Stokey of Canton, Ohio.
Mount Holyoke College will hold a memorial service at a later date in Woods Hole.
Dr. Alma G. Stokey, 90, head of the Mount Holyoke College department of plant science from 1916 to 1942, died Monday in a nursing home in Norwell.
Professor Stokey was born in Canton, Ohio, in 1877 and received her A.B. from Oberlin College and her doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1908. From 1904 to 1906, she was assistant in botany at Oberlin. After receiving her doctorate Professor Stokey came to Mount Holyoke as instructor in the botany department. She was named associate professor in 1911 and professor in 1916. On a two year leave of absence from 1929 to 1931, Dr. Stokey went to India to organize and teach in the department of botany at the Women's Christian College in Madras. She returned to India for one year in 1936-1937.
Professor Stokey was a member of Sigma Xi Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Botanical Society of America, the Sullivant Moss Society, and the Torrey Botanical Club.
Professor Stokey is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Eva Evans of Coral Gables, Fla., and Dr. Laura Stokey of Canton, Ohio.
Mount Holyoke College will hold a memorial service at a later date in Woods Hole.
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The Transcript-Telegram used a picture that they had from a 1957 article about Alma's third trip around the world:
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After receiving her doctorate Professor Stokey came to Mount Holyoke as instructor in the botany department. She was named associate professor in 1911 and professor in 1916.
I imagine that the Mount Holyoke dates were provided by Lenette Atkinson, but I don't know.
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Professor Stokey was a member of Sigma Xi Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Botanical Society of America, the Sullivant Moss Society, and the Torrey Botanical Club.
For the Sigma Xi Society, Wikipedia says:
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society (ΣΞ) is a non-profit honor society for scientists and engineers. Sigma Xi was founded at Cornell University by a junior faculty member and a small group of graduate students in 1886 and is one of the oldest and most prestigious honor societies. Membership in Sigma Xi is by invitation only, where members nominate others on the basis of their research achievements or potential. Sigma Xi goals aim to honor excellence in scientific investigation and encourage cooperation among researchers in all fields of science and engineering. Many of the world's most influential scientists have been members of Sigma Xi, such as Albert Einstein, Linus Pauling, Barbara McClintock, and Sally Ride.
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We have death notices or obituaries for four out of the five siblings. So far I don't have anything for Eva. The pages on this website are:
The Transcript-Telegram used a picture that they had from a 1957 article about Alma's third trip around the world:
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After receiving her doctorate Professor Stokey came to Mount Holyoke as instructor in the botany department. She was named associate professor in 1911 and professor in 1916.
I imagine that the Mount Holyoke dates were provided by Lenette Atkinson, but I don't know.
3.
Professor Stokey was a member of Sigma Xi Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Botanical Society of America, the Sullivant Moss Society, and the Torrey Botanical Club.
For the Sigma Xi Society, Wikipedia says:
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society (ΣΞ) is a non-profit honor society for scientists and engineers. Sigma Xi was founded at Cornell University by a junior faculty member and a small group of graduate students in 1886 and is one of the oldest and most prestigious honor societies. Membership in Sigma Xi is by invitation only, where members nominate others on the basis of their research achievements or potential. Sigma Xi goals aim to honor excellence in scientific investigation and encourage cooperation among researchers in all fields of science and engineering. Many of the world's most influential scientists have been members of Sigma Xi, such as Albert Einstein, Linus Pauling, Barbara McClintock, and Sally Ride.
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We have death notices or obituaries for four out of the five siblings. So far I don't have anything for Eva. The pages on this website are:
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