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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Georgetown County group is working to empower the next generation of young men through a mentorship program that’s been around for more than 30 years The family of a Grand Strand kidnapping ...

“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 ...