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Patricia J. Eberlein, UB professor, computer science pioneer, dies at 75

01 Monday Oct 2012

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Patricia J. Eberlein, 75, a University of Buffalo professor emerita, mathematician and one of the nation’s earliest female computer scientists, died Tuesday (Aug.11, 1998) in her Buffalo home after a long battle with lung cancer.

Ms. Eberlein was the first and, to date, the only woman to head UB’s computer science department. She was acting chairwoman in 1971-72 and chairwoman from 1981 to 1984.

Born Patricia James in Washington, D.C., she attended the Shipley School and received her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1944.

After a stint as a pilot flying planes from manufacturing plants to military bases during World War II, she had a brief career as a fashion model in New York City, then married and operated a ranch in South Dakota.

Divorced and the single mother of two children, she resumed her education and earned a master’s degree and doctorate at Michigan State University.

In 1956, she became a research mathematician for the Institute of Advanced Study’s Electronic Computer Project in Princeton, N.J. The computer created under this project was designed by John von Neumann, the father of modern computing, and now is in the Smithsonian Institution.

In 1957, she went to the University of Rochester, where she was a research associate and then the assistant director of analysis at the university’s computing center.

She joined UB’s new computer science department in 1967 as an associate professor, commuting from Rochester to Buffalo until she moved here in 1976. She became a full professor in 1975 and retired in 1996.

As chairwoman, she significantly increased the amount of sophisticated computer equipment in the department.

Her research specialty was numerical analysis, particularly linear algebra and combinatorial algorithms.

In 1984, she received a Visiting Professorship for Woman Award from the National Science Foundation. In 1988, she was a visiting senior scientist at Argonne National Laboratory.

She was one of the original members of the Gatlinburg group, which now numbers more than 400 researchers.

She served on several national editorial and review boards and was one of the earliest women elected to the Council of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

As a member of many professional societies, she was active in the Association for Computing Machinery, the American Mathematical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Association for Women in Mathematics.

She often spoke on panels about the need to attract more women to study mathematics and computer science.

She was the widow of William Eberlein, a member of the mathematics faculty at the University of Rochester, who died in 1986.

Surviving are four daughters, Sarah Wells of Oak Park, Ill., Mary Wells of Rochester, Kristen of Durham, N.C., and Kathryn Klaber of Cleveland Heights, Ohio; three sons, Patrick of Chapel Hill, N.C., Michael of Amherst, Ohio, and Robert of Glendale [sic], Md.; a brother, William S. James of Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; 12 grandchildren; and a great granddaughter.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Unitarian Universalist Church, 695 Elmwood Ave.

Source:
The Buffalo News, Friday, 14 August 1998

Descendant report: Michael Gustave Eberlein and Lora Elizabeth Rather

01 Monday Oct 2012

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MICHAEL GUSTAVE EBERLEIN was born on 31 July 1880 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 23 September 1952 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. He married Lora Elizabeth Rather, daughter of Frank Alfred Rather and Bertha Auguste Schmidt on 31 July 1906 in New Holstein, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA. She was born on 16 February 1884 in Calumetville, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA. She died on 29 June 1960 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA.

Michael Gustave Eberlein and Lora Elizabeth Rather had the following children:

i.    ROBERT WILLIAM EBERLEIN was born on 18 March 1908 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 10 October 1918 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA.

ii.    MARGARET RUTH EBERLEIN was born on 27 June 1910 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. She died on 19 October 1962 in Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA. She married Lester Gilbert Volkman, son of John Martin Volkman and Emilie Sophie Kohls on 04 April 1943in Gulfport, Mississippi. He was born on 04 January 1912 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 24 July 1993 in Brevard, Florida, United States.

iii.    MICHAEL GEORGE EBERLEIN was born on 24 September 1914 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 14 April 2002 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. He married Joanne Sherer Litts, daughter of Edward Litts and Clara Belle Sherer on 21 February 1945 in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, USA. She was born on 19 January 1917 in USA. She died on 09 September 2010 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin.

iv.    WILLIAM FREDERICK EBERLEIN was born on 25 June 1917 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 13 June 1986 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA. He married (1) MARY BERNARDA BARRY, daughter of John Patrick Barry and Eleanor Agnes Graef on 29 May 1943 in Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA. She was born on 30 June 1917 in Racine, Racine, Wisconsin, USA. She died in December 1960 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (?). He married (2) PATRICIA BARBARA RAMSAY JAMES, daughter of William Stubbs James and Rose Ramsay on 23 June 1956 in Birmingham, Oakland, Michigan, USA. She was born on 15 July 1923 in Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA. She died on 11 August 1998 in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA.

v.    FREDERIC CHARLES EBERLEIN was born on 25 January 1919 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 24 July 2010 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. He married Mary Elizabeth Zimmer, daughter of Leo M. Zimmer and Martha Payne on 17 March 1945 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. She was born on 24 November 1918 in Cincinnati, Clermont, Ohio, USA. She died on 19 January 2011 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA.

vi.    WALTER RATHER EBERLEIN was born on 29 August 1921 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 05 June 2003 in Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida, USA.

Charles Eberlein, 92, of Shawano Dies This A.M.

01 Monday Oct 2012

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Charles O. Eberlein, 92, Shawano, died early this moring, Tuesday, August 20. He had been ill for the past year and a half. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Eberlein.

Mr. Eberlein was born July 15, 1876, in the Town of Herman. He was married to Bertha Foesch July 15, 1897, at Shawano. She died March 24, 1955. He was retired from the Shawano County Highway Department. He was a member of the St. James Lutheran Church.

Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Kathryn Raddant, Shawano, and Edna, Mrs. Walter Ladwig, Cincinnati, Ohio. Also seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Two sons, Carl and Fred, preceded him in death.

FUNERAL SERVICES will be conducted Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Karth Funeral Home. The Rev. C. E. Beyer will officiate and interment will be in Woodlawn cemetery. Friends may call at the Karth Funeral Home after 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon ’til the time of the service.

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Photocopy of an unidentified newspaper clipping, from the Family History Center in Shawano, WI

Descendant report: John Valentine Eberlein and Martha Koeppen

01 Monday Oct 2012

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JOHN VALENTINE EBERLEIN was born on 13 March 1861 in Waterloo, Monroe, Illinois, USA. He died on 30 March 1922 in Mott, Hettinger, North Dakota, USA. He married Martha Florentine Koeppen, daughter of Carl Koeppen and Florentine Zuleger on 10 March 1891 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. She was born on 11 Jul 1873 in Germany. She died on 18 November 1959 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA.

John Valentine Eberlein and Martha Florentine Koeppen had the following children:

i.      JOHN EBERLEIN was born on 12 February 1892 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 25 June 1894 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA.

ii.     ARTHUR HERMAN EBERLEIN was born on 10 February 1894 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 28 November 1961 in Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA. He married MARGUERITE ISABEL LOMBARD, daughter of Frank Lombard and Ida Ellis on 05 July 1915 in Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA. She was born on 03 August 1893 in Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA. She died on 15 October 1996 in Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA.

iii.    MARTHA LESETTE EBERLEIN was born on 05 July 1895 in Marathon, Wisconsin, USA. She died on 11 May 1944 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA. She married ISAAC E. BRATCHER. He was born in 1890 in Kentucky, USA.

iv.    FREDRICK EDWARD EBERLEIN was born on 28 March 1897 in Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA. He married Nellie Jenny Unknown in 1919. She was born on 05 February 1896. She died on 28 July 1991 in Burnett, Wisconsin, USA.

v.     KATHERINE ELEANOR EBERLEIN was born on 10 November 1905 in Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA. She died on 11 July 1971 in Hennepin, Minnesota. She married PAUL EGGERT. He was born on 04 January 1908. He died in January 1987 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States of America.

Accidental drowning

01 Monday Oct 2012

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JOHNIE EBERLEIN — 2 year old son of John Eberlein and grandson of Fred Eberlein, of this city, fell into the pond Monday afternoon and was drowned. It seems the little fellow went into the boat house and was trying to use a small dip net, when he lost his balance and fell into the water. He was taken out within a few moments by J. Fuller, and Dr. Partlow summoned, but all efforts at resucitation proved unavailing. A coroner’s jury was immediately summoned by Justise Bold, composed of E. E. Breed, C. H. Newton, Chas. Bold, J. A. Lieg, C. Shanahan and H. Miller, who after hearing the testimony, found that the death was accidental. Drs. Partlow and McComb made a post mortem examination of the remains. Little Johny was an unusually bright child, and the sympathy of all is extended to the bereaved parents. The funeral will take place Thursday at 2:00.

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Shawano County Journal, Wednesday, 27 June 1894