The Gainesville Sun, Friday, September 29, 1989

Newton C. Ebaugh

Newton C. Ebaugh of Gainesville died of cancer Thursday at his home. He was 81.

Born in New Orleans, Mr. Ebaugh lived in Atlanta before moving to Gainesville in 1935. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Tulane University and a master’s degree in engineering from Georgia Tech. He joined the University of Florida in 1935, and served as chairman of the department of mechanical engineering, retiring in 1950. He organized the Gainesville firm of Ebaugh and Goethe, Consulting Engineers. He was also one of the organizers of Big Bend Engineering Co. of Tallahassee.

Mr. Ebaugh was chairman of the Alachua County Zoning Commission for many years in the 1950s. He was a life member of the Committee of 100 of the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Gainesville Rotary Club and an honorary member of Florida Blue Key.

Mr. Ebaugh served on the boards of American National Bank of Gainesville and the University of Florida Foundation for many years. He and his wife endowed a professorship in mechanical engineering at UF and also established the Ebaugh Faculty Fellowship at Tulane.

He was a life member of the Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Florida Engineering Society. He was a consultant and a member of the board of directors of Marineland of Florida and Marineland of the Pacific.

He belonged to numerous honor societies, including Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Tau Sigma and Tau Beta and to the research society, Sigma Xi. Mr. Ebaugh was a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church of Gainesville.

Survivors include his wife Anne Ebaugh of Gainesville; a daughter Frances Colvin of Tahlequah of Okla.; three brothers, John L. Ebaugh of Birmingham, Ala., Frank Ebaugh Jr. of Jacksonville, Texas, and Irvin Ebaugh of Houston; two stepsons, John Bennett of Orlando and William Bennett of Williston; and five grandchildren.