Robert E. Eberly

Robert Edward Eberly (July 14, 1918 – May 19, 2004), son of Orville and Ruth Eberly, served as Chairman of the Board of Eberly Natural Gas Company, an oil and natural gas exploration and production firm. He was also a director of Gallatin National Bank (retiring in 1990). Eberly graduated in 1939 from Penn State with a BS in Commercial Chemistry.

On March 17 1990, the College of Science at Penn State was renamed the Eberly College of Science in recognition of the support of the Eberly family. The Eberly family has also made donations to help build the Paterno Library addition and the Bryce Jordan Center at University Park campus, endow scholarships for Penn State Fayette Campus students and support higher education at Penn State his own personal philanthropy and as a trustee of the Eberly Family Charitable Trust. [cite web
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accessdate =2007-08-20] Robert Eberly's sisters, Carolyn Eberly Blaney (along with her husband W. Gerald Blaney) and the late Margaret Eberly George (d. 2000-12-10), also serve as trustees of the Eberly Family Trust. His wife, Elouise R. (nee Ross), is an honorary alumna of Penn State.

ee also

*Hobby-Eberly Telescope

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* [http://www.catholicgbg.org/DOGWeb/WSOTFT3.nsf/PageByKey/0926A5C9180D8D2085256CC4006B02FD.html Fayette County man shows gratitude to home region]
* [http://www.thetachiomega.com/encore/eberly.html Brother Eberly '39 Extends the Helping Hand]
* [http://www.psu.edu/ur/archives/intercom_2002/Sept26/fayette.html The Histories of Penn State]