Leon C. Standifer

Leon Midas Calmet Standifer, Jr. (April 24, 1925 - November 8, 2016)[1] was an American soldier, novelist, and professor. He was the son of Leonidas Calmet and Emma (Moore) Standifer. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II as a scout in the infantry from 1943–46 and he received Combat Infantryman Badge and the Purple Heart. On August 17, 1957, he married Marie Scott, who is an archeobotanist. He received his education at Mississippi State University, (B.S. and M.S.) and the University of Wisconsin (now University of Wisconsin–Madison), where he received a Ph.D. in 1959. He taught at Louisiana State University as a professor of horticulture from 1961-1990 (professor emeritus, 1990).[2]

Leon C. Standifer
Born	Leon Midas Calmet Standifer, Jr. April 24, 1925 Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	November 8, 2016 (aged 91)
Occupation	Novelist, soldier, professor
Spouse	Marie Scott (d. 2006)
Children	W. Scott Elizabeth Moore

Works

• Not in Vain: A Rifleman Remembers World War II (1992), memoir
• Binding up the Wounds: An American Soldier in Occupied Germany, 1945-1946 (1997), memoir
• Gardening in the Humid South (2002), with Edmund N. O'Rourke

References

1. "Dr. Leon C. Standifer Jr. 's Obituary on The Advocate". The Advocate. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
2. Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit, Michigan: Gale. 2003. ISBN 978-0-7876-3995-2.