An American professor, activist, adventurer, and still a fugitive. He escaped from the Mexican penitentiary Palacio de Lecumberri in 1975. Afterward, he wrote the book Escape From Lecumberri. The movie Escape was adapted from this book. Throughout his life he participated in civil rights, anti-war, and environmental movements. In 1991, Dwight volunteered to serve in the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society where he worked against illegal drift netting and whaling. Worker is a former professor at Indiana University, where he created the Information Security program for the Kelley School of Business before retiring to farm, write, and travel.