Dorothy Ada Snow was born January 10, 1912 in Keene, New Hampshire. She recieved her A.B. from University of New Hampshire in 1933 and attended Northampton Commercial College in 1939-1940. Snow was employed at Mount Holyoke College from 1940 until her retirement in 1977. Snow held three positions during her time at Mount Holyoke: secretary in the Department of Academic Administration, Secretary to the Academic Dean, and Executive Secretary to the Academic Dean. Dorothy Snow died on July 10, 1997.