Judith Jackoway Newmark
Spouse: Michael Newmark '67
Phone Number: 314-340-8243
E mail Address: jnewmark@post-dispatch,com
Present Occupation: Theater critic, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Life and Family: Both of our daughters have graduated from college and live together in Chicago, where they
have performances coming up in the next few months - Jordan with her modern dance troupe, the Leopold Group,
and Eden, who acts, with Vitalist Theatre. Not much of a surprise, I guess - after all, they grew up going to the
theater. They thought it looked like fun because - it is fun! I tell them: Just have a good day job, too. My book,
"The Muny: Songs of St. Louis Summers," came out last year. That was a new direction. Also, a couple of years
ago I began teaching a writing class at Webster University and, this fall, at Washington University also - another
nice change of pace.
Next 10 Years: Some more books - I'd like that. And I'd bet that I'll keep teaching. It's not just that journalism is
in complete turmoil (though it is) - it's that, now that my daughters are grown, teaching keeps me around kids all
the time. I seem to need that - maybe a lot of us do.
Favorite Memories: Mr.Ohlendorf's English class - granted, at Hanley, not at U. City. Still, we were freshmen,
right? And what a class that was - the people in the desks, the incredible teacher in the front of the room, the
things we got to read together. And getting to know Jakki Savan in the Natatorium, where the swimsuits looked
equally hideous on all of us. And the time senior year when Lester Pines found out that I had never once been to
Steak n Shake, and insisted we go there for lunch. Ultra tref (a cheeseburger!) and so good. I'll bet Lester has
forgotten, but I never will.
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