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Crocker Snow Jr. (born 1940) is a former director of the Edward R. Murrow Center for Public Diplomacy at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He is a veteran American journalist. Snow has worked at Newsweek, WGBH public radio as a correspondent in Germany, and at the Boston Globe as chief foreign correspondent, national and foreign editor and assistant to the publisher.

Early life

Snow was born in 1940 to aviator Crocker Snow Sr. and Janice Vaughan. He was raised in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and spent summers in the family-owned Muskeget Island off of Nantucket.^[1] Snow graduated cum laude from Harvard College in 1961 with an AB in general studies. He continued his education at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy with an MA in international affairs.

Career

In the three years between 1962 and 1965, Snow served in the U.S. Navy as an officer at sea and ashore in Sasebo, Japan. He received an honorable discharge from the Navy in 1965 when he was a Lieutenant (junior grade).

Snow's tenure at Newsweek was short. In 1965, he was their New England correspondent. That same year he took the post at WGBH where he reported from West Germany. He stayed with WGBH until 1967. It was following his stint at WGBH that Snow took on with the Boston Globe, there he worked as a political reporter when he started. At the Globe, where he would stay until 1978 he rose through the ranks quickly holding multiple positions. In 1970-71 he was the assistant managing editor, from '72 to '74 the chief foreign correspondent in Japan, Vietnam, and East Asia. From 1976 until 1978 he held two positions at the Globe, assistant to the publisher national and foreign editor,

From 1978 to 2001 Snow was president of The WorldPaper, a publication he founded. The WorldPaper appeared in 27 countries and seven-language editions, including Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Korean and Arabic.

He founded several organizations as well including The Money Matters Institute (1996) and the Global Horizons Fund (2003).

Honors

1968: First Edward R. Murrow Fellow at Fletcher School
1968: UPI Tom Phillips Award, executive producer for 8-part radio documentary On Crime.
1974: Major Armstrong Award runner-up for radio documentary Men Against Hitler.

References

^ Cocuzzo, Robert (22 May 2020). "THE AVIATOR". Nantucket Magazine. Retrieved 13 June 2022.

External links

Murrow in the Public Interest: by Crocker Snow Jr.
Bush v. Saddam: by Crocker Snow Jr.
Lebanon's sorrows persist: by Crocker Snow Jr.
The WorldPaper

[1] Cocuzzo, Robert (22 May 2020). "THE AVIATOR". Nantucket Magazine. Retrieved 13 June 2022.

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+[[File:Crocker Snow Jr..jpg|thumb|Snow in 2008]]
-[[Image:Crocker 150.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Crocker Snow, Jr., in this image from his tenure at Tufts University.]] '''Crocker Snow, Jr'''. is the current director Edward R. Murrow Center for Public Diplomacy at [[Tufts University]]'s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He is a veteran American journalist.
+'''Crocker Snow Jr.''' (born 1940) is a former director of the Edward R. Murrow Center for Public Diplomacy at [[Tufts University]]'s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He is a veteran American journalist. Snow has worked at ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[WGBH (FM)|WGBH]] public radio as a correspondent in Germany, and at the ''[[Boston Globe]]'' as chief foreign correspondent, national and foreign editor and assistant to the publisher.
 ==Early life==
-Snow graduated cum laude from [[Harvard]] in 1961 with a BA in general studies. He continued his education at the [[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]] with an MA in international affairs.
+Snow was born in 1940 to aviator Crocker Snow Sr. and Janice Vaughan. He was raised in [[Ipswich, Massachusetts]], and spent summers in the family-owned [[Muskeget Island]] off of [[Nantucket]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cocuzzo |first1=Robert |title=THE AVIATOR |url=https://n-magazine.com/the-aviator/ |website=Nantucket Magazine |access-date=13 June 2022 |date=22 May 2020}}</ref> Snow graduated cum laude from [[Harvard|Harvard College]] in 1961 with an AB in general studies. He continued his education at the [[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]] with an MA in international affairs.
 ==Career==
-Snow has worked at ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[WGBH (FM)|WGBH]] public radio as a correspondent in Germany and the ''[[Boston Globe]]'' as chief foreign correspondent, national and foreign editor and assistant to the publisher. In the three years between 1962 and 1965 Snow served in the [[U.S. Navy]] as an officer at sea and ashore in Sasebo, Japan. He received an honorable discharge from the Navy in 1965 when he was a [[Lieutenant (junior grade)]].
+In the three years between 1962 and 1965, Snow served in the [[U.S. Navy]] as an officer at sea and ashore in Sasebo, Japan. He received an honorable discharge from the Navy in 1965 when he was a [[Lieutenant (junior grade)]].
-Snow's tenure at ''Newsweek'' was short but in 1965 he was their New England correspondent. That same year he took the post at WGBH where he reported from [[West Germany]]. He stayed with WGBH until 1967. It was following his stint at WGBH that Snow took on with the ''Boston Globe'', there he worked as a political reporter when he started. At the ''Globe'', where he would stay until 1978 he rose through the ranks quickly holding multiple positions. In 1970-71 he was the assistant managing editor, from '72 to '74 the chief foreign correspondent in Japan, Vietnam, and East Asia. From 1976 until 1978 he held two positions at the ''Globe'', assistant to the publisher
+Snow's tenure at ''Newsweek'' was short. In 1965, he was their New England correspondent. That same year he took the post at WGBH where he reported from [[West Germany]]. He stayed with WGBH until 1967. It was following his stint at WGBH that Snow took on with the ''Boston Globe'', there he worked as a political reporter when he started. At the ''Globe'', where he would stay until 1978 he rose through the ranks quickly holding multiple positions. In 1970-71 he was the assistant managing editor, from '72 to '74 the chief foreign correspondent in Japan, Vietnam, and East Asia. From 1976 until 1978 he held two positions at the ''Globe'', assistant to the publisher
 national and foreign editor,
-From 1978 to 2001 Snow was president of ''[[The WorldPaper]]'', a publication he founded. The WorldPaper appeared in 27 countries and seven-language editions, including Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Korean and Arabic. During his career Snow was twice nominated for [[Pulitzer Prize]]s for his reporting on East Asia.
+From 1978 to 2001 Snow was president of ''[[The WorldPaper]]'', a publication he founded. The WorldPaper appeared in 27 countries and seven-language editions, including Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Korean and Arabic.
 He founded several organizations as well including The [[Money Matters Institute]] (1996) and the [[Global Horizons Fund]] (2003).
-==Personal==
-He married Katherine Tyler Jones (Cissie) in Ipswich, Massachusetts, on 16 June 2007.
 ==Honors==
 *1968: First [[Edward R. Murrow Fellow]] at Fletcher School
 *1968: [[UPI Tom Phillips Awards|UPI Tom Phillips Award]], executive producer for 8-part radio documentary ''On Crime''.
 *1974: [[Major Armstrong Awards|Major Armstrong Award]] runner-up for radio documentary ''Men Against Hitler''.
-*1974: [[Pulitzer Prize]] nominee for reporting from Asia
+==References==
-*1976: Pulitzer Prize nominee for reporting from Asia
+<references />
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060914000125/http://usinfo.state.gov/usinfo/USINFO/Products/Webchats/snow_16_may_2006.html State Dept. Bio]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060914072326/http://old.developmentgateway.org/download/218871/C_Snow.pdf Development Gateway timeline]
 ==External links==
+{{commons category}}
-*[http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/murrow/snow.htm Murrow in the Public Interest]: by Crocker Snow, Jr.
-*[http://www.bu.edu/globalbeat/syndicate/snow021703.html Bush v. Saddam]: by Crocker Snow, Jr.
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060914010119/http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/murrow/snow.htm Murrow in the Public Interest]: by Crocker Snow Jr.
-*[http://www.worldpaper.com/2005/december/december1.html Lebanon's sorrows persist]: by Crocker Snow, Jr.
+*[http://www.bu.edu/globalbeat/syndicate/snow021703.html Bush v. Saddam]: by Crocker Snow Jr.
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060915195827/http://www.worldpaper.com/2005/december/december1.html Lebanon's sorrows persist]: by Crocker Snow Jr.
 *[http://www.worldpaper.com/index.html The WorldPaper]
+{{authority control}}
-==References==
-*[http://usinfo.state.gov/usinfo/USINFO/Products/Webchats/snow_16_may_2006.html State Dept. Bio]
-*[http://old.developmentgateway.org/download/218871/C_Snow.pdf Development Gateway timeline]
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 [[Category:Harvard University alumni]]
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