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by Algemeiner Staff
The late Rona Ramon. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
The late Rona Ramon, who passed away in December at the age of 54 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, will be posthumously awarded an Israel Prize this year for her education activism, it was announced on Tuesday.
Among other efforts, Ramon — who tragically lost her husband, Ilan, in the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and her son, Assaf, in a 2009 Israeli Air Force training accident — established the Ramon Foundation to promote youth interest in science and technology.
Ramon’s three surviving children — Tal, Yiftah and Noa – said in a statement on Tuesday, “Our mother was able to take a life which was painful and turn it to a life-long mission that gives other people hope.”
Education Minister Naftali Bennett called Ramon “a hero of Israel in terms of generosity and light.”
