William F. Eberlein, 34, of 1711 Hoyt St., assistant professor of mathematics at the University of Wisconsin, was granted a divorce last Friday afternoon in circuit court from his wife, Mary, 34, Milwaukee.
Professor Eberlein testified that his wife had a violent temper, continuously nagged him, and said she preferred a career to keeping house. She left him with their four children last Sept. 20, he told the court.
They were married May 29, 1943, in Arlington, Va. Custody of the four children, Patrick, 7, Kathryn, 6, Michael, 5, and Robert, 3, was granted to the father.
He said they will be cared for by a competent housekeeper in the Hoyt St. home which he purchased with funds advanced by his father, Circuit Judge Michael G. Eberlein, Shawano.
Prof. Eberlein agreed to pay his wife $4,000 through the clerk of circuit court within the next three years in lieu of alimony.
Source: Wisconsin State Journal, Saturday, 12 January 1952, page 1.