Major General Howard McCrum Snyder (February 7, 1881 – September 22, 1970) was a member of the United States Army Medical Corps, and Physician to the President for Dwight D. Eisenhower.

[1] In 1909, Snyder's first military assignment took him to the Philippines where he served with the Research Board of Tropical Medicine.

From 1936 to 1940 Snyder was medical adviser to the National Guard Bureau in Washington, D.C.[2] From December 1940 until June 1945 Snyder was assistant to the inspector general of the War Department, a job which required him to travel to all theaters of operations during World War II.

In January 1951 Snyder was again called to active duty and was assigned to Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe (SHAPE) where he soon became a special adviser to General Eisenhower.

This personal attention included accompanying the president on overseas trips and those within the United States, vacations, and golf outings.