Full Name:  Charles Newell
     Born:  March 25, 1948, Ellwood City, Pa.
     Died:  August 5, 2003, Columbus, Ind.
   School:  Columbus High School in Columbus, Indiana

Year  Pos     Hgt  Wgt  Cl  Ltr  Hometown
67-68 BR      5-7  155  So       Columbus, IN                    

Charles "Chick" Newell, 55, of 25th Street died at 7:50 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003, at his home.

Mr. Newell was executive director of Sylvan Learning Center. He had been a swimming coach more than 30 years, working as head coach in Terre Haute in the 1970s and in Sioux City, S.D., and as co-head coach at a high school in Wichita, Kan. He coached with the Donner Swim Club and Columbus East High School girls teams and was assistant coach at Columbus North High School, working with boys teams that won state titles in 1998, 1999 and 2000.

A former swimmer at Columbus High School, Mr. Newell won the 100-yard breaststroke state title in 1963, 1964 and 1965, was a member of the school's state championship medley relay from 1963 through 1966 and was a member of the 1963, 1964 and 1965 state championship teams.

He was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church and American Swim Coaches Association.

Born in Ellwood City, Pa., March 25, 1948, Mr. Newell was the son of the Rev. Ralph and Ellen Walker Newell. He married Gretchen A. Everroad Dowd June 26, 1982.

Survivors include his wife; his father, of Columbus; sons, Thomas F. Dowd and Charles T. Newell, both of Columbus; daughters, Elizabeth Ann Rudroff of Arlington, Va., and Meg Nolting and Erin Elise Newell, both of Columbus; brothers, Neal and Jim Newell, both of Columbus; a sister, Norie Erickson of Columbus; and four grandchildren.

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