Background
Nickerson, Gary Lee was born on November 7, 1942 in Cleveland. Son of Alto Lee and Louise Evelyn (Watson) Nickerson.
Nickerson, Gary Lee was born on November 7, 1942 in Cleveland. Son of Alto Lee and Louise Evelyn (Watson) Nickerson.
Bachelor of Science, Ohio University, Athens, 1966. Master of Arts, Atlanta University, 1971.
With Cleveland Public Schools, 1966-1998. Science department chairman John F. Kennedy High School, Cleveland, 1985-1998. Youth education coordinator Cleveland Botanical Garden, 1999—2002.
Science manager Cleveland Municipal Schools, 2002—2004. Educational consultant Ohio Department Education, since 2004. Science instructor Standard Oil Elementary Teaching Retraining Program, 1986, Cleveland Educational Foundation Elementary Teaching Retraining Program, since 1990, Baldwin Wallace University Upward Bound Program, 1992.
Physics instructor Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1988, engineering project instructor MEIOP Summer Program, 91. Member advisory panel Educational Development Center, Inc., Newton, Massachusetts, 1989—1998. Teacher trainer Kent State University Trivet Program, 1991—1998.
Science teacher Governor's Institute Gifted and Talented Cleveland State University, 1992—1998.
Board trustees Earthday Coalition, since 2004, READ, since 2006, Edfocus, since 2006. Member Greater Cleveland Pau-Hellevic Choir, since 2009. Trustee Northeast Ohio Science and Engineering Fair, 2001—2004.
Member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Royal Vagabonds, Science Education Council Ohio, National Science Teachers Association, Cleveland Regional Council of Scientific Teachers (board directors 1986-1987, president 2002-2006), Metrocabse Association, Urban League, Kappa Alpha Psi.
Married Barbara Marie Butler, August 17, 1968. 1 child, L'Oreal.