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Chatom native tells students about work as Air Force scientist
Fifty senior science students from Leroy High School attended the science workshop to hear Stokley speak about how she uses science and math everyday in her job. Also in attendance for the presentation was Stokley's mother, Mary Bell Taylor, who still resides in Chatom. Stokley is a native of Chatom and a 1970 graduate of Washington County High School. She currently serves as Deputy Air Force Program Executive Officer for Weapons and is the Executive Director of the Air Armament Center at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The center's air armament program represents the leading edge of weapons technology, including development of the next generation of precision guided "smart bombs." The work that Stokley and other scientists have contributed to such scientific and technological advances in military weaponry has significantly decreased the amount of civilian casualties involved in wars and battles around the world. During her presentation, Stokley showed students fullsize and miniature models of a variety of cutting edge missiles, rockets and advanced equipment used by the military, all which depend on science for their development and implementation. She also showed videos of how these missiles are tested and used by the Air Force. Students were encouraged to ask questions about her job, how it relates to science and mathematics, and were awarded prizes for good questions. "We were very impressed with the information Mrs. Stokley provided and the exciting way that she presented it to the students," said Leroy science teacher, Jodi Page. "She is a great teacher. The way she presented the models and the science behind her job was a good example of how the science they are learning in the classroom is being used in real world applications. We were all just bowled-over by her and her work.
"We were very proud and grateful that she could come and speak to this group of students. It is so important and encouraging for students to meet and hear from local people from this area, who went to school in this county, and went on to use science to make difference in the world," said library director Jessica Ross. "Mrs. Stokley is a wonderful example of someone who took an interest in science and math and used it in their career in an exciting way. Who knows, the scientist that will put a person on Mars or find a cure for cancer might be one of these senior science students in this class."
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