E. W. Ziebarth

E. W. ("Easy") Ziebarth (October 4, 1910 – February 27, 2001) was an American radio broadcaster, professor and administrator at the University of Minnesota. Born in 1910 in Columbus, Wisconsin, Ziebarth attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison for his undergraduate and master's degrees before coming to the University of Minnesota to begin his doctoral studies in speech and communication in 1937. Ziebarth would remain at the University of Minnesota as a professor of speech for over 40 years. He also served as the dean of the College of Liberal Arts from 1963 to 1973 and as interim university president in 1974 after the departure of Malcolm Moos.

Ziebarth also had a long career in broadcasting beginning at the University of Minnesota's Radio K (then called WLB). His second came in 1971 for a WCCO radio program he did entitled "The Heart of the Matter" which chronicled his own open heart surgery.

Ziebarth retired from teaching in the late 1970s. He died in 2001.