Background
Snider, Edwin Wallace was born on August 18, 1923 in Mount Rainier, Maryland, United States. Son of Clyde Elwood and Marguerite Eunice (Root) Snider.
Snider, Edwin Wallace was born on August 18, 1923 in Mount Rainier, Maryland, United States. Son of Clyde Elwood and Marguerite Eunice (Root) Snider.
Student, Franklin and Marshall College, 1945. Bachelor, Princeton University, 1947. Juris Doctor with honors, George Washington University, 1959.
Stenographer-clerk Eastern Airlines, Washington, 1941-1942. Secretary Federal Trade Commission, 1947. Sales correspondent Prentice-Hall Public Company, New York City, 1947-1948.
Secretary exploration department Socony-Vacuum Oil Corporation of Venezuela, Anaco, 1948-1951. Administrative secretary National Geography Society, Washington, 1953-1963, secretary committee research, exploration, since 1966, administrative assistant, 1964-1969, assistant secretary, 1969-1977, associate secretary, 1977-1980, secretary, since 1980, Corporate Counsel, 1980-1984, advisory Corporate Counsel, since 1984. Board directors Digit Fund.
Board directors Morris Animal Foundation Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member National Geography Society (secretary, Corporate Counsel since 1980), District of Columbia Bar Association (chairman committee copyright 1972-1974), Phi Kappa Sigma. Clubs: Princeton of Washington.
Explorers (New York City).
Married Leigh Alice Winter, June 16, 1956.