Loren W. Acton
PERSONAL DATA:

Born: March 7, 1936 in Lewistown, Montana, USA. Father was a cattle rancher, mother a homemaker.
Youngest of two girls and 4 boys. Attended Junior High and High School in Billings, Montana. Married Evelyn Oldenburger on August 30, 1957, in Bozeman, Montana. One daughter, Cheryll, one son, Stanley, and one grandchild, Rosa.

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Astro-Geophysics, l965, University of Colorado. Thesis: "X-Radiation of the Sun". B.S. (with honors), Engineering Physics, l959, Montana State University. Attended Multnomah School of the Bible, Portland, OR, 1954-55.

EXPERIENCE:

1993-present Research Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 1964-1993 Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA. Senior Consulting Scientist, Physical & Electronic Sciences Laboratory. Carried out research in solar and cosmic astronomy utilizing space instrumentation.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Astronomical Society (AAS), International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), Founding and Life Member of the Association of Space Explorers (ASE)

AWARDS & HONORS:

1986 Spaceflight Achievement award of American Astronautical Society, 1988 Robert E. Gross award for technical excellence, Lockheed Corp, 1988 Honorary Doctor of Science from Montana State University, 1989 Fellow of Am. Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, 1993 NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, 1996 Wiley Award for meritorious research, Montana State Univ, 2000 Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Colorado, 2000 Hale Prize for long-term contribution to solar physics from AAS.

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES:

1964-Present. Principal Investigator on NASA solar research programs including 8 rocket experiments, the Mapping X-Ray Heliometer on Orbiting Solar Observatory-8, X-Ray Polychromator for the Solar Maximum Mission, and the Soft X-Ray Telescope for the Japan/US/UK YOHKOH Mission, Payload Specialist on space shuttle mission STS 51-F (SPACELAB 2), launched 29 July, 1985 on an 8 day mission, 1988-1991 - NASA Space Science and Applications Advisory Committee.

PUBLICATIONS and LECTURES:

Over 200 publications in the popular and scientific literature. More than 350 lectures to a variety of student, general public, and scientific audiences.

ASE Collectibles with Loren Acton's signature:

Posters:

II Congress, V Congress, VI Congress, VIII Congress, X Congress, XIII Congress,
XIV Congress, XVI Congress, XVII Congress, XVIII Congress

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