Ronald McNair succeeded despite poverty ... In the meantime, he and Cheryl had two children, Reginald and Joy. At the end of his training, Ron was assigned to the orbiter’s fourth mission ...

Ronald Erwin McNair was born October 21, 1950 in Lake City, South Carolina. While in junior high school, Dr. McNair was inspired to work hard and persevere in his studies by his family and by a ...

January 28 is the anniversary of the Challenger explosion. One of the astronauts aboard was Dr. Ronald McNair. McNair was born in Lake City in Florence County. Dr. McNair graduated from North ...

“Extraordinary” and “Hometown hero” are a few words to describe Lake City Native Dr. Ronald E. McNair. McNair graduated valedictorian from Lake City’s Carvers High School in 1967 before ...

Students at Ronald E. McNair Elementary School were treated ... which surprises thousands of children in the holiday season. “If no one else remembers them for Christmas, our schools, the ...

Initiated by Congress and established by the U.S. Department of Education in 1989, the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Program is one of the federal TRiO programs. It is named in memory of ...

Students and their families dig holes where they would later plant a ginkgo tree at Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy in East Palo Alto on Jan. 21, 2025. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. A new green ...

UB’s McNair Scholars Program is a federally funded TRIO program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. It is named in honor of Dr. Ronald E. McNair, a pioneering African-American astronaut who ...

McNair scholars will receive a $2,800 stipend for their participation in the summer research project. The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement is a federal program that prepares first ...