religion children name birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation
protestant w. scott elizabeth moore leon c. standifer 24 april 1925 marie scott leon c. standifer
 leon midas calmet standifer , jr. novelist , soldier , professor
leon c. standifer

leon midas calmet standifer , jr. -lrb- born april 24 , 1925 -rrb- is an american soldier , novelist , and professor .
he is the son of leonidas calmet and emma -lrb- moore -rrb- 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 , -lrb- b.s. and m.s. -rrb- and the university of wisconsin -lrb- now university of wisconsin -- madison -rrb- , where he received a ph.d. in 1959 .
he taught at louisiana state university as a professor of horticulture from 1961-1990 -lrb- professor emeritus , 1990 -rrb- .
