[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.
[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 him with bouquets of gladioli.
[2] He began working as a small appliance engineer for General Electric (GE), which offered to send him to law school in order to gain additional patent lawyers.
[2] He was survived by his wife of 66 years, Mary Virginia Clark Neuhauser; four children – Linda, Frank, Charles and Alan; and five grandchildren.