Luther Macon Epps (January 16, 1920 – August 30, 2012[1][2]) was an American engineer, inventor, author and poet.
He studied Aeronautical Engineering at North Carolina State University, graduating in 1940.
[3] As an engineer and manager he worked for the Grumman Aerospace Corporation for 37 years.
Most notably he worked on the Apollo Lunar Module as the Assistant Program Manager, but he also had other positions.
[4] Just a few days before his death, he ended second place in a writing contest in the retirement community University Village Thousand Oaks.