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| death_place=Baton Rouge, Louisiana

| death_place=Baton Rouge, Louisiana

| resting_place=Port Hudson National Cemetery (Zachary, Louisiana)

| resting_place=Port Hudson National Cemetery (Zachary, Louisiana)

| spouse=Alverne Hubley Sandoz<br> (married 1957-2011, her death)

| spouse=Theresa Alverne Hubley Sandoz<br> (married 1957-2011, her death)

'''Children''':<br>

'''Children''':<br>

Ellis Sandoz, III<br>

Ellis Sandoz, III<br>

Born in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], he was the son of George Ellis Sandoz, Sr. (1889-1965), a [[dentist]] originally from  Opelousas, Louisiana, and the former Ruby Odom (1899-1983), a native of Batesville, [[Mississippi]]. After the receipt of bachelor's and master's degrees at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], Sandoz joined the [[United States Marine Corps]] in 1953. With service at Camp Pendleton in [[California]], he rose to the rank of first lieutenant before his honorable discharge in 1956. As an undergraduate at LSU, he played the trumpet in the marching band and was the commander of his fraternity, Sigma Nu.<ref name=obit>Dr. Ellis Sandoz Jr. Obituary (1931 - 2023) - Baton Rouge, LA - The Advocate, accessed October 23, 2023.</ref>

Born in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], he was the son of George Ellis Sandoz, Sr. (1889-1965), a [[dentist]] originally from  Opelousas, Louisiana, and the former Ruby Odom (1899-1983), a native of Batesville, [[Mississippi]]. After the receipt of bachelor's and master's degrees at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], Sandoz joined the [[United States Marine Corps]] in 1953. With service at Camp Pendleton in [[California]], he rose to the rank of first lieutenant before his honorable discharge in 1956. As an undergraduate at LSU, he played the trumpet in the marching band and was the commander of his fraternity, Sigma Nu.<ref name=obit>Dr. Ellis Sandoz Jr. Obituary (1931 - 2023) - Baton Rouge, LA - The Advocate, accessed October 23, 2023.</ref>

==Academic career==

==Academic career==

Sandoz joined the LSU political science department in 1978 and became its chairman the next year. He founded the Eric Voegelin Institute for American Renaissance Studies. Eric Voegelin (1901-1985) was a philosopher and former LSU professor who had barely evaded capture by the [[Gestapo]] in [[Nazi Germany]] before coming to teach at LSU. Sandoz studied with Voegelin as an undergraduate at LSU and went to the [[University of Munich]] to complete his doctorate under Voegelin, the only American to have done so. Sandoz studied also at [[Georgetown University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], and the [[University of  North Carolina]] in Chapel Hill. He took a teaching post in 1959 at Louisiana Tech in Ruston, at which he also started a chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity.<ref name=obit/>

Sandoz joined the LSU political science department in 1978 and became its chairman the next year. He founded the Eric Voegelin Institute for American Renaissance Studies. Eric Voegelin (1901-1985) was a philosopher and former LSU professor who had barely evaded capture by the [[Gestapo]] in [[Nazi Germany]] before coming to teach at LSU. Sandoz studied with Voegelin as an undergraduate at LSU and went to the [[University of Munich]] to complete his doctorate under Voegelin, the only American to have done so. Sandoz studied also at [[Georgetown University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], and the [[University of  North Carolina]] in Chapel Hill. He took a teaching post in 1959 at Louisiana Tech in Ruston, at which he also started a chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity.<ref name=obit/>

In 1957, Sandoz married the former Alverne Hubley, a graduate of Centenary College in her native [[Shreveport]] who pursued a career singing opera, including a leading role in "Madame Butterfly." The two met in Heidelburg, Germany at that time, where she was a lyric soprano, and he was on a Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Heidelburg. Alverne switched career goals after the birth in 1958 of their first child, Ellis, III. By 1967, the couple had three other children. In 1968, Sandoz headed to ETSU, as chairman of the newly created political science department. There he worked to enhance the graduate studies and to support young scholars in pursuit of their goals.<ref name=obit/>

In 1957, Sandoz married the former Theresa Alverne Hubley (1927-2011), a graduate of Centenary College in her native [[Shreveport]] who pursued a career singing opera, including a leading role in "Madame Butterfly."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71984780/theresa-alverne-sandoz|title=Therese Alverne Hubley Sandoz obituary|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=October 24, 2023}}</ref> The two met in Heidelburg, Germany at that time, where she was a lyric soprano, and he was on a Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Heidelburg. Alverne switched career goals after the birth in 1958 of their first child, Ellis, III. By 1967, the couple had three other children. In 1968, Sandoz headed to ETSU, as chairman of the newly created political science department. There he worked to enhance the graduate studies and to support young scholars in pursuit of their goals.<ref name=obit/>

One of those students was the former policeman and attorney Theodore B. "Ted"  Lyon of Rockwall, Texas, later a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] member of both houses of the Texas state legislature.<ref>Texas Legislators: Past & Present - Mobile, accessed October 24, 2023.</ref>

One of those students was the former policeman and attorney Theodore B. "Ted"  Lyon of Rockwall, Texas, later a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] member of both houses of the Texas state legislature.<ref>Texas Legislators: Past & Present - Mobile, accessed October 24, 2023.</ref>