Background
Bandy, Orville Lee was born on March 31, 1917 in Linden, Iowa, United States. Son of Alfred Lee and Blanche (Meacham) Bandy.
Bandy, Orville Lee was born on March 31, 1917 in Linden, Iowa, United States. Son of Alfred Lee and Blanche (Meacham) Bandy.
Bachelor of Science, Oregon State University, 1940, Master of Science, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy. (Shell Oil fellow), Indiana U., 1948.
Member faculty geology University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1948-1973, professor, 1954-1967, department chairman geological science, 1967. Board of directors Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.
Fellow Geological Society American. Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Economics Paleontologists and Mineralogists (counselor 1963-1964, vice president 1969-1970, president 1971-1972), American Association Petroleum Geologists (trustee research fund 1960-1964, distinguished lecturer 1963-1964), American Society Limnology and Oceanography, Ecological Society American, Schweiz. Geologische Gesellschaft, Sigma Xi.
Married Alda Ann Umbras, June 10, 1943 children—Janet Lee, Donald Craig.