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After completing a fellowship in hematology at [[McGill University]] in [[Montreal]], Steinberg moved to [[Burlington, Vermont]], with Dean in order to set up their joint medical practice. She uses her family name "Dr. Steinberg" while in her practice to differentiate herself from her husband. |
After completing a fellowship in hematology at [[McGill University]] in [[Montreal]], Steinberg moved to [[Burlington, Vermont]], with Dean in order to set up their joint medical practice. She uses her family name "Dr. Steinberg" while in her practice to differentiate herself from her husband. |
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As her husband served in the Vermont House of Representatives, and as Lieutenant Governor and Governor, she remained working full-time in her practice. She did not |
As her husband served in the Vermont House of Representatives, and as Lieutenant Governor and Governor, she remained working full-time in her practice. She did not join her husband in his campaign for the [[U.S. Democratic presidential nomination, 2004|U.S. Democratic presidential nomination in 2004]] until after he lost the [[2004 Iowa Democratic caucuses|Iowa caucuses]]. |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
Revision as of 05:40, 2 June 2024
Judith Steinberg Dean | |
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First Lady of Vermont | |
In role August 14, 1991 – January 8, 2003 | |
Preceded by | Barbara Snelling |
Succeeded by | Dorothy Douglas |
Second Lady of Vermont | |
In role January 3, 1987 – August 14, 1991 | |
Preceded by | Arthur Kunin |
Succeeded by | Penny Dubie |
Personal details | |
Born | Judith Steinberg May 9, 1953 Roslyn, New York, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Albert Einstein College of Medicine (M.D.) Princeton University (B.A.) |
Profession | Physician |
Judith Steinberg Dean (born May 9, 1953) is an American physician from Burlington, Vermont. She is married to Howard Dean,[1] the former Governor of Vermont and past chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Steinberg Dean was the First Lady of Vermont from 1991 until 2003.[2]
Early life
Judith Steinberg grew up on Long Island in Roslyn, outside New York City. Her parents were both doctors, and her family was Jewish.[3]
She earned her bachelor's degree in biochemistry at Princeton University[4] and then received her Doctor of Medicine degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, where she met fellow medical student Howard Dean.[3]
Career
After completing a fellowship in hematology at McGill University in Montreal, Steinberg moved to Burlington, Vermont, with Dean in order to set up their joint medical practice. She uses her family name "Dr. Steinberg" while in her practice to differentiate herself from her husband.
As her husband served in the Vermont House of Representatives, and as Lieutenant Governor and Governor, she remained working full-time in her practice. She did not join her husband in his campaign for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 until after he lost the Iowa caucuses.
Personal life
She married Howard Dean in 1981. They have two children, both of whom have been raised in and identify in the Jewish faith.[4][5]
References
- ^ Traister, Rebecca (9 December 2003). "Dr. Dean, medicine woman". Salon.com. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ Wilgoren, Jodi (13 January 2004). "THE 2004 CAMPAIGN: THE EX-GOVERNOR'S WIFE; The Other Doctor in Dean's House Shuns Politics". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ a b Traister, Rebecca (8 December 2003). "Dr. Dean, medicine woman". salon.com.
- ^ a b Gordon, Meryl. "The Unlikely Rise of Howard Dean". NY Mag. New York Magazine. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ "Howard Dean´s Jewish ties - Jewish Telegraphic Agency". www.jta.org. 2003-04-15.
- 1953 births
- 20th-century American Jews
- Physicians from Vermont
- First ladies and gentlemen of Vermont
- Living people
- People from Burlington, Vermont
- People from Roslyn, New York
- Princeton University alumni
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine alumni
- McGill University people
- 21st-century American Jews
- 20th-century American women
- 21st-century American women