Paul Newman Research Paper

Local Man Journey to Success The younger generations may not know what a wonderful person Paul Newman was but this is the reason for writing this paper about his life and established career. He was a local resident who shot to stardom and became a household name in both acting and business. This paper will share information about his early life, his acting career, and the race car driver that he lived to be. Who would have known that someone from Ohio could be so successful. Paul Leonard Newman, who was the second son of Theresa (Fetsko) and Arthur Sigmund Newman, was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio on January 26, 1925. Paul’s father was Jewish and the owner of a sporting goods store and his mother was a practicing Christian Scientist, but it was Paul’s uncle Joe who gave him his itch for acting. The young, good looking blue-eyed Paul started acting when he was in grade school and continued to perform plays during his high school years. Before Paul turned 21 years old, he was kicked out of Ohio University college for unruly behavior. After being kicked out of college Paul had joined the military and spent 3 years in the Navy II attending to the radios during World War. Paul had wanted to become a flier of planes, but it was discovered that Paul was …show more content…
Newman experimented in using higher performance engines that would allow him to go at a faster speed than a normal car would ever exceed, with this he was able to win four SCCA professional national championships. Newman made his racing career a high priority from April to October every year during this time he would not take on any acting job. This gave him time to focus on his passion for speed. As a race car driver, in 1979 Newman felt his greatest accomplishment was placing second in a twenty-four hour Le Mans. Shockingly endurance racing was something that Newman continued until he was eighty-one in