Class of 2007

Hard to believe but the class of ’07 is turning 40 this year! Celebrations abound: Abby (Brown) Lodge, Jess (Kramer) Bullitt, Avery (Eyre) Lovejoy, and Ayesha Appa kicked off their 40s skiing in Japan together. Ayesha shared, “Conditions were only mildly better than the Dartmouth Skiway (climate change? eek) but there’s nothing like roaming the girdled earth with this lifelong crew.” In Utah Alex Bowie, Kyle Judge, Emily Tracy, Tanner Glass, Whitney Douthett, Lizzie Culvahouse, Steve Callahan ’05, Alex Fucigna, Ben Green, Jen Crombie, and Jess Kelly celebrated their 40th together for a ski weekend in February—the Yellow House dog even made an appearance!

In January I caught up with Zach Supalla,who shared that he moved from San Francisco to Philadelphia in 2022 and has joined Derrick T. Smith as a member of the Orpheus Club, which is basically what the Aires would be if you could stay in the group until you are 90 years old. All are invited to visit them in Philadelphia and see them sing with a bunch of old men (either in white tie and tails or dressed in drag, depending on the event). When he’s not singing, Zach is working as the CEO of Particle, the Internet of Things tech startup he founded in 2012. He has three kids: Milo (7), Sky (3), and Noa (1 month).

Hannes Thum reached out from Hailey, Idaho, with a great note about his new baby and life out West. Hannes writes, “Longtime listener, first-time caller; time flies. The enormous, weird, and wonderful majority of my life centers on my baby girl, Scout, who has been officially named ‘Cutest Baby in the World’ for 304 days straight as of this writing. She just started standing on her own this week, and I don’t know who in the house was most surprised when it started to happen. My sleep habits will never be the same, but life with her and my wife, Simone, is excellent and I am very grateful. We live in the same community that Simone and I both grew up in and it feels very special to raise Scout here. For quite a while after leaving New Hampshire I was a schoolteacher here in town, which was deeply important work to me, but I got drawn into a new career a while back and now work as a lieutenant firefighter and paramedic, serving this place that I love very much. We respond to calls for structure and wildland fires, rescue, and backcountry rescue and run the ambulances for our EMS district, along with anything else the days and nights bring—no two days of work are ever the same and I appreciate that. I’m grateful to still be in touch almost daily with Dartmouth friends and am often amazed at how those threads of relationships continue through time.”

Moira (Sullivan) Gallagher and her husband, Greg, had a baby girl! Viola Catherine Gallagher was born on December 27 and joins excited big brothers George and Eagan. They love hosting visitors to Alaska (such as Lisa and Charlie Kircher last summer!), so if you’re planning a trip, hit them up! Moira is also our amazing head agent for the Dartmouth College Fund (DCF) and added that the DCF campaign is going great this year. The ’07s won the “Forever Green” participation challenge in November with almost 100 gifts, more than any other alumni class! If you’re wondering if you’ve donated yet this fiscal year, you can always check the honor roll section of the DCF website.

—Sam Routhier, 543 W 122nd St., Apt. 25B, New York, NY 10027; samrouthier@gmail.com