Paul Joseph Ebert

1936 - 2021

Paul Joseph Ebert, 84, passed away in Torrance, California on September 15, 2020 due to natural causes. He was born on January 11, 1936 in New Orleans, where he graduated from Holy Cross High School. When Paul was 15, he met the true love of his life, Violet Ann Morovich, on a blind date and six years later, in 1957, they married. Paul attended LSU in Baton Rouge on a physics scholarship, earning Bachelors of Science, Masters of Science and Doctorate degrees in Physics. At LSU he joined the U.S. Air Force ROTC and after graduation joined the Air Force, moving his growing family to Brooks Air Force base in San Antonio, Texas. Following his military service, Paul and family moved to Livermore, California and he started a lifelong career as a nuclear physicist for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. During this period, he served two temporary assignments in Washington DC with the U.S. Department of Defense and The Office of Management and Budget, and he was part of the Science and Engineering Alliance between LLNL and four Historic Black Colleges and Universities, assuring a supply of top-quality minority scientists. Paul never forgot his New Orleans roots and after retiring from LLNL, he and Violet returned to Louisiana, settling in Baton Rouge. There he started a consulting business and taught physics as an adjunct professor at Southern University and Baton Rouge Community College. Paul's pride and joy were his wife and family. He was a loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather who was always there to offer nurture and support-from changing his children's diapers, to umpiring baseball, and attending countless activities and events. When his beloved wife of 59 years passed away, Paul returned to California to be surrounded by his loving children and grandchildren. He loved family, New Orleans, LSU, singing, cooking, and cigars. He is survived by his children Edward Michael Ebert, David Alan Ebert (Kit) and Susan Ebert Roberts (Jay), and grandchildren Nolan Hale Roberts, Suna Rae Roberts and Callum Trey Roberts. He is preceded in death by his parents, Louis Ebert and Nolasco Hart Ebert, his brother, Louis Hart Ebert, his wife, Violet Ann Morovich Ebert, son, Kenneth Stephen Ebert and daughter, Karen Marie Ebert. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Memorial Mass at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd., on Saturday June 12, 2021 at 1pm. A visitation will be held at the funeral home beginning at 11am. Interment will follow at All Saints Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Holy Cross High School.