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Jack Snow (other)
Jack Snow may refer to: * Jack Snow (writer) (1907–1956), writer of Oz books * Jack Snow (American football) (1943–2006), American football player * J. T. Snow (Jack Thomas, born 1968), American baseball player and son of the football player * Milton Snow (1905–1986), American photographer See also * John Snow (other) * Jon Snow (other) Jon Snow may refer to: * Jon Snow (journalist) (born 1947), British newscaster * Jon Snow (character) Jon Snow is a fictional character in the '' A Song of Ice and Fire'' series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and it ... * Jack Frost (other) {{hndis, name=Snow, Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Snow (writer)
John Frederick Snow (August 15, 1907 – July 13, 1956), born Piqua, Ohio was an American radio writer, writer of ghost stories, and scholar, primarily of the works of L. Frank Baum. When Baum died in 1919, the twelve-year-old Snow offered to be the next Royal Historian of Oz, but was politely turned down by a staffer at Baum's publisher, Reilly & Lee. Snow eventually wrote two Oz books: '' The Magical Mimics in Oz'' (1946) and '' The Shaggy Man of Oz'' (1949), as well as ''Who's Who in Oz'' (1954), a thorough guide to the Oz characters, all of which Reilly & Lee published. In his second year in high school, the precocious Snow created the first radio review column in American journalism, in ''The Cincinnati Enquirer.'' After graduation, Snow pursued a career in print journalism and primarily in radio, with periods in teachers college and the U. S. Army. He named the Ohio radio station WING, and spent seven years with the National Broadcasting Company in New York. In 1944, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Snow (American Football)
Jack Thomas Snow (January 25, 1943 – January 9, 2006) was an American football player who played wide receiver at the University of Notre Dame from 1962 through 1964 and with the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL from 1965 to 1975. Biography Early years Snow was a three-sport star at St. Anthony Boys' High School, Long Beach, California who totaled 10 varsity letters while competing in football, baseball and basketball. He was an All-state football receiver during his senior season and went on to post a .458 batting average as an All-city baseball performer. College In his senior year at Notre Dame, he was a consensus All-American and finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1964 behind the winner, Notre Dame quarterback John Huarte. The 1964 season was coach Ara Parseghian's first season with Notre Dame, and he made several key position switches that year, including moving Snow from flanker to split end. Snow lost 15 pounds to compete more effectively as a split recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Snow
Milton "Jack" Snow (April 9, 1905 – March 1986) was an American photographer who extensively photographed the environmental degradation of Navajo Nation, Navajo land. He also made many photographs of the Navajo, Diné people in the Southwestern United States, American Southwest. Snow's career spanned twenty years, focusing on U.S.–Navajo relations. Snow was employed by the Navajo Service for this project after the impact of "John Collier (sociologist), John Collier's draconian Navajo Livestock Reduction, Livestock Reduction Program of the 1930's and 40s." Early life and education Snow was born in Ensley, Alabama, on April 9, 1905, to Maud and Joseph Snow. He attended Riverside Polytechnic High School, and later studied geology and photography at Riverside Junior College. Career Snow was hired by the Los Angeles Museum in 1929 as the institution's archaeological fieldman and photographer. He went on to photograph the Wupatki National Monument in 1934. Following that he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |