Ronald McNair succeeded despite poverty ... Ron spent six years in astronaut training before his first mission on the Space Shuttle Challenger. In the meantime, he and Cheryl had two children ...

Dr. Ron McNair, astronaut, South Carolinian. What does this mean to the people of Lake City, his hometown where he grew up? Lake City, the largest town in Lower Florence County where his mother ...

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 ...