The North Carolina Science Leadership Association presented the 2009 Herman Gatling Award for Outstanding Science Education Leadership in North Carolina to Darlene Ryan of Glenwood Elementary.
The Gatling Award is presented to a person who has exemplified the high standards of the late Herman Gatling of Durham County. The recipient is someone who has gone above and beyond the requirements of the workplace and provided outstanding leadership and service to science education at the district, regional and state levels and beyond. The award is sponsored by Carolina Biological Supply. It was presented to Ryan in November by the sons of Herman and Emma Gatling.
Ryan was the first science curriculum resource teacher in Chatham County and received the UNC School of Education’s the Distinguished Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching. She then served as math/science coordinator for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and currently is assistant principal of Glenwood Elementary.