Tony Snow

Robert Anthony "Tony" Snow (born June 1, 1955) is currently host of the Tony Snow Show on Fox News Radio and Weekend Live with Tony Snow on the Fox News Channel. He has been mentioned by various media outlets as a replacement for Scott McClellan as the White House Press Secretary. On April 24, 2006, CNN reported that he will likely accept the job.^[1]

Early life and family

Snow was born in Berea, Kentucky and raised in Cincinnati. After graduating from Princeton High School in Sharonville, Ohio, Snow obtained his Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Davidson College, and did graduate work in philosophy and economics at the University of Chicago. In 1987, he married his wife Jill Ellen Walker and now has three children. They live in Virginia with their three children, a son and two daughters, and three dogs and two cats.

Career

Snow began his career in newspapers in 1979 when he worked at The Greensboro Record, The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, and The Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia), the Detroit News and The Washington Times. He took a two-year break from journalism to serve as the speechwriter and later as deputy assistant to the president for Media Affairs for President George H.W. Bush. From 1996 to 2003 he served as the host of FOX News Sunday. Snow also wrote a syndicated newspaper column, which appeared in more than 200 papers across the nation from 1993 to 2002. Before being given his own radio show, Snow frequently served as a guest host on the Rush Limbaugh program.

Snow is also a member of the conservative forum Free Republic.

In February 2005, Snow revealed that he had been diagnosed with colon cancer.^[2] He returned to work in April 2005. In 1973 his mother died of colon cancer.

Timeline

Print

USA Today Columnist, 1994-2000
The Detroit News Columnist, 1993-2000
The Washington Times Editorial Page Editor, 1987-91
The Detroit News Deputy Editorial Page Editor, 1984-87
The Newport News Daily Press Editorial Page Editor, 1982-84
The Virginian-Pilot Editorials writer, 1981-82
The Greensboro Record Editorials writer, 1979
Council on Foreign Relations

Television

Fox News Sunday 1996-2003

References

^ "Sources: Tony Snow likely to take White House post". April 24, 2006. Retrieved 2006-04-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
^ "Tony Snow Diagnosed With Colon Cancer". Feb 14, 2005. Retrieved 2006-04-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)

External links

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[1] "Sources: Tony Snow likely to take White House post". April 24, 2006. Retrieved 2006-04-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)

[2] "Tony Snow Diagnosed With Colon Cancer". Feb 14, 2005. Retrieved 2006-04-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)

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