Class Note 1979
Jan - Feb 2011
Julie Sudikoff Weisman lives in Newton, Massachusetts, with her husband, Doug, who works in television production in Boston, providing live and remote video links. Around Newton Julie sees Sandy Pooler, Ames Abbot, Dave Lurie and Libby Robertson. Julie and Doug’s oldest son, Alex, works at Pioneer Theater in Salt Lake City, Utah, son Daniel ’08 spent a year in China after Dartmouth and now works in Boston and daughter Leah ’10 is in a teacher certification program in Hanover. Julie enjoys spending time with her two Siberian huskies and works from home maintaining a friend’s website and assisting a local philanthropist. She is relatively new to running but has qualified to run the Boston Marathon in April, and she is planning a trip to Patagonia. Julie keeps in touch with Donna Gagliuso, Joe Neuhaus and Cindy Loomis, and Laura Salzman Weeks and Brad Weeks. In fact, Sara Weeks ’10 is a friend of Julie’s daughter Leah.
Dave Philhower lives in Rockaway, New Jersey, with his wife, Vicki. They have been married since 1989, and have three sons; one is 11 and the twins are 8. All three boys play sports, and between them Dave and Vicki coach football, lacrosse, basketball, baseball and soccer. Vicki is a high school special education teacher and Dave is currently between jobs. That gives him more time to help the College! Dave continues to interview high school seniors interested in Dartmouth and currently serves as participation co-chair of our class. Besides that he has been a master fundraiser for Rockaway’s football program.
The U.S. Canadian Academy of Pathologists announced the appointment of Dr. Bruce R. Smoller as its executive vice president/secretary-treasurer, effective in August. Bruce went to medical school at the University of Cincinnati and is currently chairman of the department of pathology at the University of Arkansas. He has been a professor at Stanford University Medical School and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. His wife, Laura, is a professor of medieval history and they have two sons. Jason, 23, went to Brown University and is now at Manhattan School of Music studying to be an orchestral oboist, and Gabriel, 21, is a senior at Vassar College.
Congratulationsto Jeff Levinger, who earned selection to the Texas Super Lawyers list again this year; fewer than 5 percent of all Texas lawyers are named to the list. He received his J.D. from the University of Virginia and is the cofounder of a boutique firm in Dallas called Hankinson Levinger, where he has worked for about 28 years. The list was published in Texas Monthly magazine; Jeff was recognized for his significant appellate law expertise. He and his wife, Terry, have been married since 1987 and have two sons. Jake is a sophomore at the University of Miami and Sam is a sophomore in high school. Jeff stays active running, cycling and hiking. He keeps in touch with Josh Muskin, who is leaving Morocco and moving to Geneva for a new job.
—Deborah Krieger Jennings, 34 Godfrey Road, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043; (973) 744-2582; djennings@mka.org