Daniel K.Onion In 1982, Dan shifted his focus to teaching new doctors when he joined the faculty of the Maine-Dartmouth Family Medical Residency. He served as director from 1985-2002, during which time he helped found the residency’s geriatric fellowship and also launched a series of reference books designed to help doctors in training. The Little Black Book series was based on the black binders in which he kept notes, and that he often wore clipped to his belt as he made his rounds. In the Mount Vernon-Vienna region, where Dan and his family moved to in 1984, Dan was an executive board member of the Parker Pond Association, a co-founder of the 30 Mile River Watershed Association, and Health Officer for two towns. From 2010-2019, he served as a board member for the nonprofit, Portland, Maine-based healthcare organization, Martin’s Point. In 2015, after identifying a need among his elderly patients in rural central Maine, Dan co-founded Neighbors Driving Neighbors. NDN connects volunteer drivers with adults needing.