Orville Lee Bandy (31 March 1917 – 2 August 1973) was an American geologist and a professor at the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in ...

. He specialized in Cenozoic stratigraphy, benthic foraminifera and

palaeoclimate Paleoclimatology (American and British English spelling differences, British spelling, palaeoclimatology) is the scientific study of climates predating the invention of meteorological instruments, when no direct measurement data were available. ...

studies. Bandy was born in

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and grew up in

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. He went to

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for his BS and MS degrees and worked in the

United States Army Air Forces The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...

from 1942 to 1946. He then worked in the Humble Oil and Refining Company, Houston before joining for a PhD in 1946 under Jesse James Galloway at the

Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, IUB, or Indiana) is a public university, public research university in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. It is the flagship university, flagship campus of Indiana Univer ...

. He joined the University of Southern California in 1948 as a professor and worked there until his death. He died from acute leukemia at Inglewood, California.

Legacy

There is an island off

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named after him .

References

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