Mike Little of zed1.com furnished a solution on a LinkedIn forum:
In the theme functions file:
class My_Walker_Page extends Walker_Page {
function start_lvl(&$output, $depth) {
$indent = str_repeat("t", $depth);
if (0 == $depth)
$output .= "n$indent<ul class="sub_menu">n";
else
$output .= "n$indent<ul>n";
}
}
In the header file where menu is to appear:
<ul class="dropdown"><?php $walker = new My_Walker_Page;
wp_list_pages(array(‘title_li’=>”, ‘depth’ => 2, ‘walker’ => $walker)); ?></ul>
Mucho gracias to Mike Little, who was a founding member of the WordPress team.