predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place birth_date article_title name occupation alma_mater
morley j. mays gerhard spiegler 12 february 2011 hershey , pa , usa lititz , pa , usa 03 november 1921 mark c. ebersole
 mark chester ebersole president of elizabethtown college -lrb- 1977 -- 1985 -rrb- elizabethtown college , 1943
mark c. ebersole

mark chester ebersole -lrb- november 3 , 1921 -- february 12 , 2011 -rrb- was an american academic , a former professor and president of elizabethtown college .
ebersole became president of elizabethtown college in 1977 and retired in 1985 .
