Background
Stocklin, Alma Katherine was born on May 9, 1926 in New London, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Stephen Sullivan and Theresa Catherine (Flynn) Sheehan.
Stocklin, Alma Katherine was born on May 9, 1926 in New London, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Stephen Sullivan and Theresa Catherine (Flynn) Sheehan.
Student, University Connecticut, 1945—1946. Student, Connecticut College, 1946. Certified, School Modern Photography, New York City, 1948.
Associate of Arts, Charter Oak College, 1979. Bachelor cum laude, Eastern Connecticut State University, 1981.
Advertising photographer General Electric, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1948—1949. Chairman Connecticut Parent-Teachers Association State Juvenile Protection, 1959. Public relations consultant Norwich and Groton, Connecticut, 1983—1986.
Assistant to dean Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, 1984—1991, retired, 1991, administrator branch office United States Submarine Base Groton, 1984—1991. Public relations consultant, since 1994. Coordinator videotape courses for submarines, New London, 1984-1991.
Founder, chairman board directors Newport (Rhode Island) Holiday for Senior Citizens, 1972, Uncas on Thames Connecticut State Hospital Auxiliary, 1978. Member Norwich Harbor Day Committee, 1982-1983, Catchment Area council 11 Southeast Council Mental Health Board, 1989-1990, Norwich Regional Mental Health Advisory Board, 1987-1990, Norwich State Hospital Advisory Board, 1987-1989. Vice chair Eastern Connecticut Regional Mental Health Board, 1988-1989.
Founder, chairman Norwich Nuclear Freeze Committee, 1982. Board directors Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, New London, 1984-1987, Friend of the Symphony, 1987-1990, Laurel Glen, Groton, 1984-1991. Co-founder, board directors Newport Church Community Housing Corporation, 1969-1972.
Founder, chairman Holiday for Senior Citizens, Newport Rhode Island, 1972. Chair Connecticut State Parent-Teachers Association Juvenile Protection, 1957. Founder, president Catholic Mother's Circuit, Dorset, England, 1962.
Executive secretary Overnight Shelter, Loughborough, England, 1973-1974. Founder, chair Bicycle Paths for Schoolchildren, Loughborough, 1974. Board directors Friends of the Fairfield County District Library., Lancaster, Ohio, 1994-1999, Fairfield Affordable Housing Board.
Member Fairfield County Literacy Council, since 1996. Board directors Fairfield Affordable Housing, since 1999. Volunteer American Red Cross, 1991-2004.
Co-founder Northern Lights Prescription Referral Service, 2001. Member Fairfield County (Connecticut) Respiratory Disease and Tuberculosis Association (board directors 1991-1995), Friends of Library. Association Fairfield County District (board directors 1994-1999), National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Sierra Club, Phi Beta Phi, Connecticut Alpha Pi Beta Phi.
Married Philip L. Stocklin, January 28, 1950 (divorced 1984). Children: Brian, Christopher, Virginia Katherine, Walter, Stephen.