{{Short description|American geologist (1917–1973)}} '''Orville Lee Bandy''' (31 March 1917 – 2 August 1973) was an American geologist and a professor at the [[University of Southern California]]. He specialized in Cenozoic stratigraphy, benthic foraminifera and [[Paleoclimatology|palaeoclimate]] studies.
Bandy was born in [[Linden, Iowa]] and grew up in [[Corvallis, Oregon]]. He went to [[Oregon State University]] for his BS and MS degrees and worked in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] 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]]. 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.<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=1485106 |title=Orville Lee Bandy: 1917-1973| author=Vincent, Edith| journal=Micropaleontology| volume=20| issue=1| year=1974| pages=116–117 }}</ref>
== Legacy == There is an island off [[Hull Bay|Hull bay]] in [[Antarctica]] named after him.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gazetteer - AADC |url=https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=122170 |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=data.aad.gov.au}}</ref>
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