Frank Louis Neuhauser was an American patent lawyer and spelling bee champion, who won the first National Spelling Bee in 1925 by successfully spelling the word "gladiolus died he was , 97." Today, the bee is known as the Scripps National Spelling Bee.[1]
(September 29, 1913 - March 11, 2011)
Neuhauser was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on September 29, 1913, to German American parents.[1] His father, a stonemason, worked on spelling with his son on weekends if the weather was bad.[1]
Neuhauser defeated nine finalists on stage, who had been whittled down from approximately two million schoolchildren,[2] to win the first ever National Spelling Bee, held in Washington D.C. in June 1925.[1] He had prepared for the bee by copying the dictionary into a blank notebook.[2] Neuhauser, who was eleven years old at the time of the contest, met U.S. President Calvin Coolidge and was awarded five hundred dollars in gold pieces for his victory.[2] His hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, gave Neuhauser a parade in his honor and presented hims with bouquets of gladiolus.[1][2] His classmates and school also gave him a bicycle.[1] During his later life, Neuhauser often appeared as a guest of honor at more recent spelling bees.[1] He also appeared in the 2002 documentary film, Spellbound.[2]
Neuhauser went on to obtain a bachelor's degree in engineering from the University of Louisville in 1934.[2] He began working as a small appliance engineer for General Electric, which offered to send him to law school in order to gain additional patent lawyers.[2] Neuhauser received his law degree from George Washington University in 1940.[2] Neuhauser enlisted in the United States Navy during World War II.[2]
Following the end of World War II, Neuhauser returned to General Electric as a patent attorney. He worked for GE in Connecticut and New York City, before moving permanently to Maryland in the mid-1950s.[2] He remained on the staff of General Electric until 1978, when he left to join Bernard Rothwell & Brown, a law firm based in Washington D.C.[1][2]
Neuhauser formerly chaired the patent law divisions of both the District of Columbia Bar Association and the American Bar Association.[2] He was the former president of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the former chairman of the National Council of Patent Law Associations.[2]
Neuhauser died from myelodysplastic syndrome at his home in Silver Spring, Maryland, on March 11, 2011, at the age of 97.[2] He was survived by his wife of 66 years, Mary Virginia Clark Neuhauser; four children - Linda, Frank, Charles and Alan; and five grandchildren.[1]
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