Bio-Sawyers
SURNAMES:LUCAS, WEAVER,

No line of work is so productive of good to a community as that of the molder and trainer of tire youth of the land, and Irving Walter Snow, as supervising principal of the Los Gatos schools, is proving himself a prominent factor in the educational development of the community. A native of California, he was born in the rural district near Berryessa, June 7, 1879, the son of George W. and Cora A. (Lucas) Snow, the father a prominent orchardist who came to California in 1876 and settled on the place near Berryessa, where he lived and died. He passed away in 1917; his widow survives him and resides in Los Gatos. Irving Walter received his preliminary education in the grammar school at Berryessa; then at the academy of the College of the Pacific and the College of the Pacific, graduating in 1904 with the degree of A. B. He then entered the University of California and in 1907 received his Master's degree. His first position was as assistant and vice-principal of the Campbell Union high school and he remained in this capacity until 1912, when he was elected principal, serving until 1920, when he became supervising principal of the Los Gatos schools.

The marriage of Mr. Snow united him with Miss Angeline Weaver, a resident of San Jose and a daughter of A. M. Weaver, who came from Connecticut in the '60s. Fraternally he is a Mason and an Odd Fellow, and he is actively interested in the National Education Association, the California Teachers' Association, the California High School Teachers' Association, and the California Principals' Association. His political endorsement is given to the candidate best fitted for the office, rather than following strict party lines. Success has crowned his intelligently directed efforts and his years of concentration have culminated in gaining for him a position of responsibility in the intellectual and moral development of the city and county.

From Eugene T. Sawyers' History of Santa Clara County,California, published by Historic Record Co. , 1922. page 1138

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