Accomplished photojournalist, LHS graduate passes away at 78
LHS graduate Bill Snead began his journalism career in Lawrence and went on to serve in several positions during his career, including a staff photographer at The Washington Post, where he is pictured above. Photo courtesy of Dona Snead
March 24, 2016
From covering local news with the Lawrence Journal-World to photographing overseas wars with The Washington Post, LHS graduate Bill Snead had a prolific journalism career.
Snead, a member of the class of 1954, died at his Lawrence home on Feb. 14 at age 78 of lung cancer.
He began his journalism career at the Journal-World as a photography assistant during his senior year in high school.
He went on to spend 21 years at the Washington Post as a staff photographer, he worked as a picture editor at National Geographic and worked as a bureau manager in Vietnam for United Press International.
During his 50-year career, Snead earned recognitions from the White House News Photographers Association and was runner-up for a Pulitzer Prize in news photography.
