LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 24 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * Future planning will benefit NMSU engineering students Ron Williams grew up in the thick of America's space race, a scrappy Philadelphia kid captivated by astronauts and space. He vividly remembers the first humans launched into space in 1961, President John F. Kennedy's moonshot challenge, and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landing on the moon in 1969. Years later, Williams would join NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, ultim more PR