Newell was born in 1932 in Chillicothe, graduated from West High School in 1950, attended Duke University from 1950-52, Ohio State University from 1952-53, graduated from OSU College of Dentistry,

Robert attended West Broad Elementary and West Junior High and Senior High School, where he was Senior Class President. He enrolled at Ohio Wesleyan University in 1941 in pre-medicine. In

Joan attended Highland Avenue School, West Junior and Senior High. At West, she was a member of the National Honor Society for three years, the “L” Society, Student Council, Room