Judith Steinberg Dean
{{Short description|First Lady of Vermont from 1991 to 2003}}
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| birthname = Judith Steinberg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|5|9}}
| birth_place = Roslyn, New York, U.S.
| profession = Physician
| order =
| office = First Lady of Vermont
| term_label= In role
| term_start= August 14, 1991
| term_end= January 8, 2003
| predecessor = Barbara Snelling
| successor = Dorothy Douglas
| office1 = Second Lady of Vermont
| term_label1 = In role
| term_start1 = January 3, 1987
| term_end1 = August 14, 1991
| predecessor1 = Arthur Kunin
| successor1 = Penny Dubie
| party = Democratic
| alma_mater = Albert Einstein College of Medicine (M.D.)
Princeton University (B.A.)
| spouse = {{Marriage|Howard Dean|1981}}
| children = 2
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Judith Steinberg Dean (born May 9, 1953) is an American physician from Burlington, Vermont. She is married to Howard Dean,{{cite web|last=Traister|first=Rebecca|title=Dr. Dean, medicine woman|url=http://www.salon.com/2003/12/08/judy_dean/|work=Salon.com|date=9 December 2003 |accessdate=21 November 2010}} 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.{{cite news|last=Wilgoren|first=Jodi|title=THE 2004 CAMPAIGN: THE EX-GOVERNOR'S WIFE; The Other Doctor in Dean's House Shuns Politics|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/13/us/2004-campaign-ex-governor-s-wife-other-doctor-dean-s-house-shuns-politics.html|accessdate=21 November 2010|newspaper=The New York Times|date=13 January 2004}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2003/12/08/judy_dean/|title=Dr. Dean, medicine woman|last=Traister|first=Rebecca|date=8 December 2003|website=salon.com}}
She earned her bachelor's degree in biochemistry at Princeton University{{cite web|last=Gordon|first=Meryl|title=The Unlikely Rise of Howard Dean|url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/politics/national/n_8376/|work=NY Mag| publisher= New York Magazine|accessdate=21 November 2010}} 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.
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.jta.org/2003/04/15/life-religion/features/howard-deans-jewish-ties|title=Howard Dean´s Jewish ties - Jewish Telegraphic Agency|date=2003-04-15|website=www.jta.org}}
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Category:20th-century American Jews
Category:Physicians from Vermont
Category:First ladies and gentlemen of Vermont
Category:People from Burlington, Vermont
Category:People from Roslyn, New York
Category:Princeton University alumni
Category:Albert Einstein College of Medicine alumni
Category:McGill University people
Category:21st-century American Jews