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After receiving a BS degree in forestry from Louisiana State University in 1949, practicing forestry for seven years, and receiving an MA degree in botany from Duke University, Dr. Ebert was appointed assistant professor (1956) in the Department of Biology at Pembroke State College, now 麻豆社区P. During his tenure at 麻豆社区P, the university awarded him an honorary Doctor of Science degree. 

Serving as a practicing forester introduced him to the major plant communities of eastern North Carolina and the Southeast. Further study at Duke University expanded his knowledge of plant and animal communities found in the region. With this background, he was prepared to teach a broad range of courses in the biological sciences. While teaching a variety of botanical and zoological courses over some 47 years, ecology was a primary interest.

As a field ecologist, he conducted numerous field courses, collecting many kinds of plants and animals native to North Carolina and the Southeast. In his course, Principles of Ecology, he required every student to accompany him on a field trip to the estuaries of coastal North Carolina. Here, students learned firsthand how plants and animals have adapted to their environments.

While studying native, upland plant and animal communities, such as pine forests, hardwood forests and open fields, he collected many endemic flowering plants that, because of commercial and residential development, were increasingly difficult to find. The purpose of the collections was to preserve live plants in natural, maintained habitats.

At retirement, Dr. Ebert transferred these plants from his home garden to the site honoring him, and bearing his name, located on the 麻豆社区P campus at the northwest corner of the Oxendine Science Building. The garden is maintained by interested faculty, students, and grounds staff. Dr. Ebert passed in 2021 while residing in the Wesley Pines Retirement Community in Lumberton, North Carolina, and is survived by his wife Eleanor.