Alton Abraham

American businessman and associate of Sun Ra.
Born May 5, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois
Died June 6, 1999 in Chicago, Illinois
He served in the U.S Military in Okinawa from 1945-1947, and upon returning to Chicago in 1947 graduated from Du Sable High School, followed by Wilson Junior College in 1950. In 1952, he was certified as an x-ray technician at Provident Hospital. Herman Blount (better known as Sun Ra) and Abraham became acquainted in 1951, sharing interests in mysticism, the occult, science, numerology, and ancient history.

Along with Abraham's brother Artis, the men founded El Saturn Research/El Saturn Records in 1957, which would record and distribute albums by the Sun Ra Arkestra as well as the vocal and R&B groups rehearsed by Sun Ra during the late 1950s.

Additionally, Ra and Abraham organized Thmei Research, an organization dedicated to "subjects cosmic, spiritual, philosophical, religious, historical, scientific, economical, etc." Thmei also provided financing for El Saturn’s earliest releases and issued a newsletter and book catalog. The earliest El Saturn recordings are singles dating from 1955 and 1956, including the Cosmic Rays "Dreaming" b/w "Daddy’s Gonna Tell You No Lie." Some of the Arkestra’s earliest studio recordings were released as "Jazz By Sun Ra" (1956) on Transition Records, and "Super Sonic Jazz" (1957) on Saturn Records.

After Sun Ra died in Birmingham 1993, Abraham became involved with the reissue and rerelease of out-of-print Sun Ra recordings. In addition to his activities with Sun Ra, Abraham was employed as an x-ray technician, and independently pursued his interests in spirituality, history, science, and technology.
Source: http://ead.lib.uchicago.edu/rs3.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.ABRAHAMA