Tony Snow

2006 Honorary Great Comebacks^® Recipient

“It sounds trite, but it’s true,” Snow told the New York Times. “You have a relish and appreciation for life you didn’t have before. It gives you a fresh wonder about the world, and about people.”

Upon his appointment as White House Advisor, Tony Snow addressed his recovery from colon cancer and applauded “the technologies that were available to me that have me standing behind the podium today.”

Having had cancer, he told The New York Times, shifted his perspective. “It sounds trite, but it’s true,” he told the newspaper. “You have a relish and appreciation for life you didn’t have before. It gives you a fresh wonder about the world, and about people.”

Previously, Snow was a Fox News anchor, political analyst and host of “The Tony Snow Show" on Fox News Radio. Snow began his journalism career as a writer at The Greensboro Record in North Carolina, The Virginian-Pilot and The Daily Press in Newport News, Virginia. He served as editorial page editor of The Washington Times, which received local, regional and national awards under his leadership before joining The Detroit News and USA Today.

In addition, Snow served President George H.W. Bush as director of speechwriting and deputy director of media affairs. Tony Snow and his wife, Jill, were married in 1987 and have three children, Kendall, Robbie and Kristin. Snow plays the flute, saxophone and guitar with his band Beats Workin’.