Sandra Sokol

Sandra Sokol (b. February 14, 1935) - (d. December 23, 2007) was an artist, chef and art and orchid collector. She was the daughter of Max Sokol and Sara Rogoff Sokol. Sokol graduated from Ramsay High School. she went on to Mt. Vernon Junior College in Washington, D. C. and BA from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. she received a Masters of Art degree from University of Louisville. She promoted the work of many local and national artists including Frank Fleming, Mitchell Gaudet, Tony Buchen and Jasmine Goodwin]], Roberta Eichenberg, Karen Graffeo, Chris Clark, Jon Coffelt, Patrick Martin and Tracy Martin among many others. Besides her interests in the visual and culinary arts, Sokol was an avid orchid collector with over 250 varieties in her collection. Sokol volunteered much time in the orchid room at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.