Education
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Newmark is Jewish, and graduated from Lincoln High School in New York City.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Newmark is Jewish, and graduated from Lincoln High School in New York City.
He played college basketball at Columbia University. As a sophomore in 1966 he had a rebounding average of 13.3 per game (best in the conference), scored 22.4 points per game (second in the conference), and was named an All-American. He was named All-Ivy League in 1966 and 1968.
A 7"0" center, he played in the National Basketball Association on the Chicago Bulls the 1968-1969 season and on the Atlanta Hawks in 1969-1970.
In his National Basketball Association/American Bar Association career, he scored 1,003 total points and grabbed 678 total rebounds. Newmark later played in Israel for Hapoel Tel Aviv during the 1973-1974 and 1977-1978 seasons.
He has, two children, Rebecca Newmark Goldman and Brian Newmark.
He then spent the 1970-1971 season in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Carolina Cougars.