[8] He attended Springfield College in Massachusetts, where as a competitive swimmer, he broke records and earned collegiate All American honors in two successive years.

During the Christmas Holidays in December 1938, he received additional swim training while attending the National Aquatic Forum in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

[12] At the March, 1938 Eastern Collegiate Championships, Rawstrom won the 440-yard freestyle title with a time of 5:03.7, leading throughout the race, though Springfield once again lost the team competition to Harvard.

[17] After announcing a Valentines Day engagement in February, nine months later on November 20, 1941, he married Edna Morrison of Rochester, New York, who would remain his wife for 52 years.

In one of his best performances at the end of his coaching career, at 63 he won the 50, 100, 200, and 500-yard freestyle events at the Capital Sea Devils Meet in Washington D.C.

He enjoyed bridge, university football games, gardening, traveling to Master's swim meets, and his quiet and scenic summer residence in Delaware's Bethany Beach.

In 1982 he received the Captain Ransom J. Arthur Award for his contributions to United States Masters Swimming, and was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame in 1987.

The natatorium is a 15,000-square foot facility that features a modern 8-lane, 25-yard pool, a diving well with 1-meter, 3-meter, and platform boards, and seating for approximately 700 fans.