Gregory R. Snow

Gregory R. Snow, 65, of Lincoln passed away on May 4, 2019. Born April 6, 1954 to Ray and Dorothy (Brinkman) Snow in Kansas City, MO. Full professor of physics since 1993 and former dean at UNL. He devoted his life to science and did his research at C.E.R.N., Fermilab, and Pierre Auger and creator of the C.R.O.P. project.

He is survived by his wife, Graciela Acedo and son, Everett Gutzmer; sisters, Valerie and Barbara. Preceded in death by his parents.

Memorial service will be 11 a.m., Thursday (5-9-19) at Roper and Sons Funeral Home, 4300 ‘O’ St.

Cremation/no visitation.

Memorial contributions may be directed towards C.R.O.P. (a nationally-recognized education and outreach project through the University of NE Lincoln Physics Dept.) or to the Pierre Auger Observatory (www.auger.org).

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December 22, 2023

Yesterday, for no reason at all, on a whim, I decided to look up “Greg Snow”, whom I knew from my days at the University Michigan Physics Department. I was his teaching Assistant for a semester and my wife also attended his Introductory Physics course for engineering students. I was saddened to learn of his death. Kudos to Greg Snow for rising above the poor hand that the cancelation of SSC had dealt him and still delivering on building a High Energy Physics program at UNL Physics ( something that Martinus Veltman had failed to do at Michigan). In my mind, the Cosmic Ray Observatory Project that bears his imprint is as a big an achievement as his building of the HEP group; if not higher. What a wonderful idea and what an extraordinary undertaking! I remember Greg’ Snow’s acid-washed jeans and his nice base voice. God Bless Greg Snow.