Remembering Ronald E. McNair A Visionary Leader in the Pursuit of Knowledge

Ronald McNair High School. 9550 Ronald E. McNair Way Stockton, CA 95210. Tel (209) 953-9245. Fax: (209) 953-3213. Office Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM. A federally funded TRiO program, we empower visionary First Generation and Low-income (FGLI) or Underrepresented students to thrive in graduate school through ... The program honors the late physicist and astronaut Ronald Erwin McNair, Ph.D., who died during the 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle explosion. Dr. Ronald E. McNair was born on Oct. 21, 1950 in Lake City, SC. During his youth, McNair had aspirations of becoming a scientist. He had always enjoyed ... Dr. McNair became a nationally recognized expert in laser physics while on the staff of Hughes Research Laboratory and received many honorary degrees, ... A respected physicist and astronaut, he was the second African-American to travel into space. He was a Mission Specialist on the Space Shuttle Challenger ... One of the first African American astronauts, McNair, was selected as a mission specialist astronaut for NASA's Space Shuttle Program in 1978. Ronald McNair, the second African American to fly in space, was born on October 21, 1950, in Lake City, South Carolina. The University of Mississippi Ronald E. McNair Program. Ronald E. McNair (1950-1986) ... Ronald Erwin McNair was a physicist and one of the first African American astronauts to go into space. He was ...