As President, Martin orchestrated several fundamental accomplishments over the ensuing months: he secured ADA financial and staff support, and permanent office space in the ADA building; finalized the Constitution and By Laws working side-by-side with Dr. John Gilman, ADA Asst. Executive Director, who proved to be an invaluable asset and ardent inside-supporter of the student group; and he hired Torre Sansone as ASDA’s first full-time Executive Director. Although sufficient financial support was a continuing challenge, creative thinking resulted in some tangible progress. Through the efforts of John Dann III, the delegate from Harvard and Member of the Board, ASDA was able to offer its student members an ADA-sponsored $25,000 term life insurance policy for just $25; and Martin got the National Board of Dental Examiners to agree that ASDA could sell old board exams at a minimal cost to all dues-paying members in good standing. ASDA also produced a catchy decal which said: “Teeth. Love ‘em or Lose ‘em” (as a parody of the right-wing, “hard-hat” slogan – “America, Love it or Leave it”), and sold them in bulk to dental schools and dentists at a moderate price tag. Through these initiatives, and supplemented by the membership dues from the approximately 16,000 ASDA student members (only $1/student), finally there was a positive cash flow, (although barely sufficient), and at last there was breathing room to begin to address the myriad of substantive challenges that lay ahead – and that is a whole other story.