On January 28, 1991, I attended the IUPUI ceremony which remembered the Challenger astronauts and presented awards to three IUPUI Challenger Scholars and a new award, the Ronald McNair Challenger Scholar. Our sense of joy was tempered by the undeniable intrusion of the war in the Persian Gulf.
On January 28, 1991, I went the IUPUI ceremony which remembered the Challenger astronauts and gave three awards to IUPUI Challenger Scholars with the new Mcnair award.  This joyous event was tempered by the Gulf war.