AS I SETTLE into my new role as the chair of the Rinehart Foundation, I continue to learn new and terrific things about my classmates, fellow alumni and the school that has given us so much.

This school year my 1999 classmates and I will be celebrating our 20-year reunion. Since then, many things have changed. Thankfully, the Rinehart Foundation has continued to grow. With the ever rising cost of dental education, the Rinehart Foundation has never been more important, and I am honored that so many of my peers are choosing to give back to the school and trust Rinehart to help you do it.

The School of Dentistry gave us a solid foundation for our practice; it gave us some of our closest friends; it gave some of us our life partners; and it continues to give us opportunities to give back and have an impact on a new generation. I am inspired by how many of you have chosen to do so, how many of you give selflessly of your time and philanthropy to effect change, and how many of you work daily to help the school continue to grow and shine.

For all of these things I want to express my gratitude. Because of your efforts we continue to increase the amount of money we are able to award in scholarships; we can help the school recruit the best faculty; and we are helping to produce some of the best clinicians in the business. Thank you. Together we help our alma mater and its tradition of excellence. It’s a tradition I, for one, am very proud of.

Dr. Andrew Moore (DDS ’99)
Chair, Rinehart Foundation