>The first approach relies on defining a simple public class with just the two fields. The second approach would not be of any use since the anonymous type would not be recognized outside the method in which it is created. There may be other options but I don't know what the 'consumer' of the FirstName/LastName will be - or where it will reside......

Thanks, it seems this has been accepted as is. However, I am keeping a reference to the solution you mentioned in case we have to do it.