Dr. Helmer Odé (1918-2009)

Dr. Helmer Odé was a geophysicist and malacologist from the Netherlands.

Excerpt from Legacy Obituary:
He received his master's in geology from the University of Leiden in 1946 and his PhD. in geophysics from the University of Utrecht in 1965. After four years with Royal Dutch Shell in Holland from 1947 - 1950, he moved to Houston where he worked at Shell's Bellaire Research Lab from 1950 - 1982, when he retired. During retirement, he continued with his two hobbies, number theory and the study of shells. He was instrumental in putting together a research collection, the largest of its kind in the world, of mollusks from the northwest Gulf of Mexico, which now resides at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. He was an editor of the Texas Conchologist and a member of the Houston Conchology Society. He was an avid, experienced and respected student of shells and mathematics and will be remembered for his keen and inquisitive mind.

Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Odé has published the following:

Odé, H. 1968. Cyclostremella humilis Bush 1897. Texas Conchologist 5(4): 38–39.

Odé, H. 1969a. Cochliolepis parasitica Stimpson. Texas Conchologist 5(7): 73–74.

Odé, H. 1969b. Caecum condylum Moore 1969. Texas Conchologist 6(2): 13.

Odé, H. 1969c. Olivella minuta and Olivella dealbata. Texas Conchologist 6(3): 25–26.

[Odé, H.]. 1970a. Notes on the micro mollusks in two samples of beachdrift from San Luis Pass, Galveston, Texas. Texas Conchologist 6(8): 85–89.

[Odé, H.]. 1970b. Vitrinella floridana Pilsbry and McGinty 1946. Texas Conchologist 7(1): 4.

Odé, H. 1971. Henrya goldmani Bartsch 1947. Texas Conchologist 7(8): 90–91.

Odé, H. 1972. A survey of the molluscan fauna of the northwest Gulf of Mexico-preliminary report. Texas Conchologist 9(2): 46–48.

Odé, H. 1973a. Triptychus pliocena Bartsch, 1955. Texas Conchologist 9(3): 53.

Odé, H. 1973b. A survey of the molluscan fauna of the northwest Gulf of Mexico-preliminary report (continued). Texas Conchologist 9(3): 60–72.

Odé, H. 1973c. A survey of the molluscan fauna of the northwest Gulf of Mexico-preliminary report (continued). Texas Conchologist 9(4): 73,75–83.

Odé, H. 1982a. Distribution and records of the marine Mollusca in the northwest Gulf of Mexico (a continuing monograph), Part II: Gastropoda. Texas Conchologist 18(3): 71–76.