Loren Acton

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Loren Wilber Acton
Born	(1936-03-07) 7 March 1936 (age 88) Lewistown, Montana, United States
Status	Retired
Citizenship	American
Alma mater	Montana State University, (BS) University of Colorado, Boulder, (PhD)
Occupation	Solar X-ray Physicist
Space career
Lockheed Payload Specialist
Time in space	7d 22h 45min
Missions	STS-51-F
Mission insignia

Loren Wilber Acton (born 7 March 1936) is an American physicist who flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-51-F as a Payload Specialist for the Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory. He is also the father of Cheryll Glotfelty, a leading ecocritic.^[1]