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Frederick Vaughn ("Fred") Newhouse (born 8 November 1948) was an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 competitor at the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

, winning a gold medal in the men's 4x400 meter relay with Herman Frazier

Herman Frazier

Herman Ronald Frazier was a 1976 Olympic Gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States. He was also chef de mission of the 2004 U.S. Olympic team...

, Benny Brown, and Maxie Parks

Maxie Parks

Maxwell Lander Parks is a former American athlete from Fresno, California, winner of a gold medal in 4x400 m Men's relay with Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, and Fred Newhouse at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. In the late 1970s he competed for the UCLA for several years...

 and silver in the 400 m. He finished second in the Olympic final with a time of 44.40. The final was won by Cuba's Alberto Juantorena

Alberto Juantorena

Alberto Juantorena Danger is a Cuban former track athlete. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he became the first and so far only athlete to win both the 400 and 800 m Olympic titles....

, a.k.a. El Caballo (The Horse).

Newhouse was one of the organizers of the Northwest Flyers Track Club in Houston, Texas

Texas

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. He graduated high school at Galilee High School in Hallsville, Texas

Hallsville, Texas

Hallsville is a city in Harrison County, Texas, United States, located west of the county seat, Marshall on U.S. Highway 80. The population was 2,772 at the 2000 census.-Early history:...

. After graduating Prairie View A&M with a degree in Electrical Engineering, he received his Masters in International Business. He now is Director of Public Affairs for Valero Energy and serves as the Assistant Treasurer of the Prairie View A&M Foundation.