Ronald McNair succeeded despite poverty ... his birth certificate so he could start school at age four. From a young age, he was obsessed with science fiction, space, and Sputnik in particular.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

RIT’s Ronald E. McNair Scholars program is conducting its annual recruitment. New students are only admitted to the program once a year. If you are a student –or- if you know of students who may be ...

All disciplines are encouraged to apply. The McNair Program is named in honor of the late Dr. Ronald E. McNair, one of seven crew members aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. Despite social and ...