[1][5] He began his career as an instructor at Columbia Business School before leaving for the private sector.

Tow worked for Touche Ross & Company and then became an assistant to Irving B. Kahn and eventually becoming SVP of TelePrompTer Corporation.

[6][9] The foundation focuses on improving medical care and research, helping disadvantaged youths and reforming the juvenile justice system, as well as funding cultural institutions and the performing arts programs at higher education institutions in the tri-state New York Metropolitan area.

[6] In 1952, Tow married Claire Schneider (1929-2014),[14] whom he met in college, and was a co-founder of Century Communications.

His son, Andrew Tow, is the owner of The Withers, a winery based in Sonoma County, California.