Background
Ebersole, Alva Vernon was born on June 27, 1919 in Liberal, Kansas, United States. Son of Alva Vernon and Eleanor Lucia (Cash) Ebersole.
Ebersole, Alva Vernon was born on June 27, 1919 in Liberal, Kansas, United States. Son of Alva Vernon and Eleanor Lucia (Cash) Ebersole.
Bachelor, Mexico City College, 1949. Master of Arts, Kansas University, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Kansas University, 1957.
Assistant instructor Spanish Kansas University, 1952-1957. Instructor University Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1957-1959. Assistant professor, then associate professor University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1959-1962.
Professor Spanish, head department Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, 1962-1968. Professor Spanish University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1968-1985, professor emeritus, from 1985.
Served with United States Marine Corps, 1937-1941. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1945. Member American Association of University Professors, American Association Teachers Spanish and Portuguese (chapter president 1973-1974), Sigma Delta Pi, Pi Delta Phi.
Married Carmen Iranzo, September 24, 1949.