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paul o'neill henry paulson methodist toledo , ohio george w. bush 250px 73rd united states secretary of the treasury republican 02 august 1939 february 3 , 2003 john w snow sig.jpg john william snow john w. snow.jpg john w. snow
 june 28 , 2006 kenyon of virginia -lrb- ph.d. -rrb- george washington university law school college -lrb- j.d. -rrb- university of toledo -lrb- b.a. -rrb- university
john w. snow

john william snow -lrb- born august 2 , 1939 -rrb- was the ceo of csx corporation , and served as the 73rd united states secretary of the treasury under u.s. president george w. bush .
he replaced secretary paul o'neill on february 3 , 2003 and was succeeded by henry paulson on july 3 , 2006 , in a move that had been anticipated .
snow submitted a letter of resignation on may 30 , 2006 , effective `` after an orderly transition period for my successor . ''
snow announced on thursday , june 29 , 2006 that he had completed his last day on the job ; robert kimmitt served as acting secretary until paulson was sworn in .
following his departure from government service , snow was appointed as chairman of the private cerberus capital management group , currently managing chrysler corporation during the ` bailout ' or ` government aid to the domestic automakers ' period , as announced in a press release on october 19 , 2006 , effective at that time .
