1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   Cowen, Scott S.
   218 Gibson Hall,  Tulane Univ.
   6823 St. Charles Avenue
   New Orleans, LA 70118
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (NWL)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
   12/2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
   (X) Director                   ( ) 10% Owner
   ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
   (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+--------------------------+--------------+-----------+------------+ |1. Title of Security |2. Trans- |2A.Execu- |3. Trans-|4. Securities Acquired (A)|5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature | | | action | action | action| or Disposed of (D) |Securities | ship | of In- | | | Date | Date | Code | |Beneficially | Form: | direct | | | | | | |Owned | Direct | Bene- | | | (Month/ | (Month/ | | |Following | (D) or | ficial | | | Day/ | Day/ | +-----------+---+----------+ Year | Indirect| Owner- | | | Year) | Year) | |Amount |A/D|Price | | (I) | ship | +------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---+----------+--------------+-----------+------------+ Common Stock 3047 D Common Stock 1220 I By Wife Common Stock 500 I Scott Cowen IRA Common Shares, Par Value $1 0 D Common Shares, Par Value $1 0 I RB Deferred Comp Plan
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+-------+-------+------+ |1. |2. |3. |3A. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. | | | | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | | | | | | | | | | | |of |ship | | | | | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| | | | | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | | | | | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature| | |Conver- |Trans- |Execu- | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of | | |sion or |action |tion | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi-|ity: |In- | | |Exercise|Date |Date | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct| | |Price of| | |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- | |Title of |Deriv- |(Month/|(Month/|tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of | |In- |ficial| |Derivative|ative |Day/ |Day/ | +-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative|at End |direct |Owner-| |Security |Security|Year) |Year) | |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |of Year|(I) |ship | +----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+------+ Option $35.34 05/09/2012 Common 2000 D (Right to Stock Buy) Option $46.9375 03/24/2009 Common 10000 D (Right to Stock Buy) Dividend $0 03/11/2 A 4.961 Common 4.961 $0.0000 D Equivalent 002 Stock Dividend $0 06/10/2 A 4.872 Common 4.872 $0.0000 799.032 D Equivalent 002 Stock Explanation of Responses: Dividend Equivalent credited under Deferred Compensation Plan; becomes payable upon distribution from the Plan.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Scott S. Cowen DATE 02/10/2003