2005

2005

Happy summer, everyone, hope all is well. This year continues to bring lots of great news about our class.

First, the class of 2005 is officially the youngest class to create an endowment for Dartmouth. The endowment will last in perpetuity and supports one of the College’s newest initiatives, the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network Innovation Center. We sincerely appreciate all who donated and helped make this endowment a reality. As a class we’ve also recently launched a new initiative to provide support to fellow classmates in need. The goal of the committee is to rally around classmates by providing a network of support that can include reaching out with cards, gifts, meals, referrals and other general support. Please contact any member ofthe class executive committee ifyou know of a fellow ’05 who could use our help.

In terms of classmate news, Danielle Grundy was filmed by Sportsnet this past winter in a profile on the nonprofit charity she founded to support girls who want to play hockey but don’t have the financial means. The piece spotlighting the Grindstone Award Foundation aired in March during Hockey Night in Canada. Congratulations, Danielle!

Kelly (Miller) Yazdani recently founded Baby Caterpillar LLC with the goal of creating products that would allow parents to more readily care for their small children’s teeth. Tooth decay is the No. 1 childhood disease in the United States, with more than 250,000 IV sedations performed on children annually. Baby Caterpillar currently holds a patent for a children’s toothbrush that goes over the finger of the caregiver, providing bite protection for the adult. Beyond its flagship product, there are products for children all the way up to age 10. The product line, which includes educational literature and a compelling storybook, will launch in pediatric dental offices in September. Congratulations, Kelly!

Dartmouth professor Steve Swayne wrote in to tell us of Brent Reidy’s new j ob as the deputy director for research and collections at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Congratulations, Brent; here we thought bringing you onto the expanded class executive committee in March was big news!

Lastly, Thomas Henry Reyes was born to Andres Reyes and wife Maggie in March. Congrats, Dre and Maggie! This keeps the streak of baby news for our class alive and well in 2017.

Have a great rest of summer, everyone. I look forward to your news for the fall.

—Matt Nicholson, 79 Potomac Ave., SE, #345, Washington, DC 20003; mtnicholson3@gmail. com