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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/AggieMuster.jpg/300px-AggieMuster.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/AggieMuster.jpg/450px-AggieMuster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/AggieMuster.jpg/600px-AggieMuster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>The 2007 Aggie Muster at <a href="/wiki/Reed_Arena" title="Reed Arena">Reed Arena</a>: The <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Corps_of_Cadets" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas A&M Corps of Cadets">Ross Volunteers</a> stand at attention as candles are lit for the deceased</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Aggie Muster</b> is a tradition at <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University" title="Texas A&M University">Texas A&M University</a> which celebrates the camaraderie of the university while remembering the lives of alumni who have died, specifically those in the past year. Muster officially began on April 21, 1903, as a day for remembrance of fellow Aggies. Muster ceremonies today take place in approximately 320 locations globally. The largest muster ceremony occurs in <a href="/wiki/Reed_Arena" title="Reed Arena">Reed Arena</a>, on the Texas A&M campus.<sup id="cite_ref-FindMuster_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FindMuster-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The "Roll Call for the Absent" commemorates Aggies, alumni and current students, who died that year. Alumni, family, and friends light candles and as they answer “here” when the name of their loved one is “called”. Campus muster also serves as a 50th-year class reunion for the corresponding graduating class.<sup id="cite_ref-Muster_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Muster-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some non-campus muster ceremonies do not include the pageantry of the campus ceremony, and might consist simply of a barbecue.<sup id="cite_ref-FindMuster_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FindMuster-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years">Early years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Muster_(Texas_A%26M_University)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On June 26, 1883, alumni of Texas A&M University gathered together to "live over again their college days, the victories and defeats won and lost upon the drill field and in the classroom."<sup id="cite_ref-Muster_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Muster-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-spencer_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spencer-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same year, the Ex-Cadets Association established the "Roll Call for the Absent". The event grew into a loosely organized annual tradition, but did not have a permanent date set aside until several decades later, when it merged with a different tradition.<sup id="cite_ref-Emerald_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emerald-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1889, Texas A&M administrators declared that April 21 (which in Texas is known as <a href="/wiki/San_Jacinto_Day" title="San Jacinto Day">San Jacinto Day</a>, the anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_San_Jacinto" title="Battle of San Jacinto">Battle of San Jacinto</a> whereby Texas gained its independence from Mexico) would be an official school holiday. Each year on San Jacinto Day, the cadets would have a track and field competition. In 1903, then-A&M President Davis Houston encountered much student resistance to the idea of cancelling the holiday. Houston agreed to retain the holiday as long as the students promised to use it for constructive purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-Emerald_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emerald-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beginning April 21, 1903, the tradition of Aggie Muster merged with the Texas Independence celebration, featuring athletic events and banquets to honor alumni. For the next 15 years, the event would occur unchanged as a day of play, celebration and fellowship. In 1918, though, with many alumni away involved in World War I and unable to return to campus, A&M President Bizzell encouraged alumni and the student body to gather wherever they were on April 21, becoming the first Aggie administrator to officially support the tradition.<sup id="cite_ref-Emerald_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emerald-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="A._and_M._Day">A. and M. Day</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Muster_(Texas_A%26M_University)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: A. and M. Day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the early 1920s, as alumni returned from the war and settled throughout Texas, regional A&M clubs formed to reunite alumni. With the proliferation of these groups, the Muster tradition began to have a more formal atmosphere. In 1923, the student radio station WTAW broadcast a statewide program for over two dozen Aggie groups who had gathered at points across Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-Emerald_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emerald-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The March 1923 <i><a href="/wiki/Texas_Aggie_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas Aggie (magazine)">Texas Aggie</a></i> urged, "If there is an A&M man in one-hundred miles of you, you are expected to get together, eat a little, and live over the days you spent at the A&M College of Texas."<sup id="cite_ref-Muster_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Muster-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The tradition of reading aloud the roll call of the dead began in 1924, with the addition of the tune "Taps" in 1927. The following year, 23 alumni were added to the roll call.<sup id="cite_ref-Emerald_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emerald-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>, alumni continued to celebrate April 21, calling it "A. and M. Day", and using the gathering to help raise money to support current students and alumni, as well as advancing job-placements.<sup id="cite_ref-Emerald_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emerald-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II">World War II</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Muster_(Texas_A%26M_University)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>On Corregidor - 21 April 1946</i> </p><p>In this hallowed soil lie the mortal remains of many men who have died that liberty might live. Among the bravest of these brave are twenty officers, sons of Texas A&M, unable themselves to answer this year's annual muster. It is for us, therefore, to do so for them -- to answer for them in clear and firm voice -- Dead on the battleswept Corregidor where their eternal spirit will never die but will march on forever, inspiring in those who follow the courage and the will to preserve well that for which they bled. </p><p>Of them and those of their fellow alumni who lie in hallowed soil of other lands and those who survive them, may it truly be said that in the noble teachings of their Alma Mater -- in the tradition of the great American leader, Sam Houston, who this day, one hundred and ten years ago, wrested Texas from foreign dominion by defeating Santa Ana on the historic battlefield of San Jacinto - they stood steadfast, unyielding and unafraid through those dark days of our country's gravest peril - and by inspiring example helped point the way. </p> <div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>General <a href="/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" title="Douglas MacArthur">Douglas MacArthur</a><sup id="cite_ref-Emerald_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emerald-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>The most well-known Aggie Muster took place during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> in <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Corregidor" title="Battle of Corregidor">1942</a> on the Philippine island of <a href="/wiki/Corregidor" title="Corregidor">Corregidor</a> at the entrance to Manila Bay. At this time, Corregidor was the last American stronghold against the Japanese forces in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, and Japanese artillery and warplanes were constantly attacking. The American artillery commander on Corregidor was <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigadier General">Brigadier General</a> <a href="/wiki/George_F._Moore_(soldier)" class="mw-redirect" title="George F. Moore (soldier)">George F. Moore</a>, a 1908 graduate of Texas A&M. With the help of Major Tom Dooley, class of 1935, Moore gathered the names of 25 other Aggies under his command. Despite the fierce fighting as the Japanese laid siege to the island, on April 21, 1942, Moore held a roll call—known as muster in army terms—calling the names of each of the Aggies under his command.<sup id="cite_ref-Emerald_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emerald-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tutt_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tutt-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Only 12 of the 25 survived the battle and the POW camps to which the survivors were sent.<sup id="cite_ref-Emerald_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emerald-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dooley told a <a href="/wiki/United_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="United Press">United Press</a> correspondent about the gathering, and the reporter sent an article back to the USA about the 25 Aggies who had "Mustered". The story captured the imagination of the country and "helped boost American spirits at a time a lift was badly needed."<sup id="cite_ref-tutt_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tutt-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lt. Col. (Ret.) William A. Hamilton Jr., Class of 1940, recognized as the last living survivor of the "Muster on the Rock", died on January 4, 2018, at age 99.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Association of Former Students Executive Secretary E. E. McQuillen, Class of 1920, is credited with refocusing San Jacinto Day as a remembrance for fallen Aggies. He changed the April 21, 1943, celebration to be the first known as an <b>Aggie Muster</b> and sent packets to each A&M club, Aggie Moms club, and to US military bases around the world with a detailed program of events for April 21. It included greetings from the A&M President and a poem by Dr. John Ashton of A&M's class of 1906, which he had written at McQuillen's request. Entitled "The Heroes' Roll Call" and also known as the "Roll Call for the Absent", it also commemorates the 1942 Muster and is designed so that the number of years since 1942 can be inserted.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The response was overwhelming, with 10,000 alumni worldwide mustering in 500 locations. The following year, McQuillen added a list of recently deceased Aggies to the packets, asking each local group to choose names from the list and call them aloud during their ceremony, and "as each name is called a comrade will answer 'Here'."<sup id="cite_ref-Emerald_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emerald-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 1945, just eight weeks after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Corregidor_(1945)" title="Battle of Corregidor (1945)">United States recaptured Corregidor</a>, three Aggies conducted a Muster "on the Rock" and wrote letters home to McQuillen detailing the events. A year later, on April 21, 1946, an even larger Muster occurred on Corregidor as 128 Aggies gathered on the island from various posts for Muster and to remember their fallen comrades. They posed for a photograph at the mouth of the Malinta Tunnel with an improvised A&M flag made from a bed sheet, and the photograph became famous.<sup id="cite_ref-Emerald_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emerald-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the war now over, A&M held a special Victory Homecoming Muster on Easter morning in 1946. Over 15 thousand Aggies gathered at <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Field" title="Kyle Field">Kyle Field</a> to listen to a speech by General <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a>. Lt. Col. Tom Dooley also presented the "Muster Tradition" and conducted a WWII Roll Call. To represent the 900 alumni who died in World War II, the names of the four deceased WWII Aggie Medal of Honor recipients were called.<sup id="cite_ref-Emerald_4-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emerald-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Muster became a student organization in 1950, and students now coordinate all aspects of the campus Muster in <a href="/wiki/College_Station,_Texas" title="College Station, Texas">College Station, Texas</a>. On April 21, 2015, the university dedicated a monument on Corregidor designed by College of Architecture students.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_Muster">Modern Muster</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Muster_(Texas_A%26M_University)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Modern Muster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A%26M_Muster-Camp_Leatherneck,_Kandahar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/A%26M_Muster-Camp_Leatherneck%2C_Kandahar.jpg/220px-A%26M_Muster-Camp_Leatherneck%2C_Kandahar.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/A%26M_Muster-Camp_Leatherneck%2C_Kandahar.jpg/330px-A%26M_Muster-Camp_Leatherneck%2C_Kandahar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/A%26M_Muster-Camp_Leatherneck%2C_Kandahar.jpg/440px-A%26M_Muster-Camp_Leatherneck%2C_Kandahar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a><figcaption>Muster at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Leatherneck" title="Camp Leatherneck">Camp Leatherneck</a>, Afghanistan in 2012</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Randy_Matson" title="Randy Matson">Randy Matson</a>, the keynote speaker at the 2000 campus Muster, vowed, "we're here (tonight) to pledge that none of you will be forgotten as long as there are two Aggies left in the world."<sup id="cite_ref-kliewer_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kliewer-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The largest Muster each year, with over 12,000 in attendance, is held in Reed Arena on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station.<sup id="cite_ref-lozano_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lozano-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This campus Muster is dedicated to the 50-year reunion class of that year, demonstrating unity among Aggies.<sup id="cite_ref-kliewer_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kliewer-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the day, a Camaraderie Barbecue is held at the Academic Plaza around noon to rekindle the spirit of the original Muster celebration. The evening Muster ceremony begins with a keynote speaker.<sup id="cite_ref-lozano_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lozano-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lopez_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lopez-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several poems are read, including "The Last Corps Trip", which imagines a <a href="/wiki/Last_Judgment" title="Last Judgment">Judgement Day</a> in which Aggies are welcomed into <a href="/wiki/Heaven" title="Heaven">Heaven</a> with open arms:<sup id="cite_ref-huffmanpoem_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huffmanpoem-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Last_Corps_Trip_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Last_Corps_Trip-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the <a href="/wiki/1999_Aggie_Bonfire_collapse" title="1999 Aggie Bonfire collapse">1999 Aggie Bonfire collapse</a>, additional verses of "The Last Corps Trip" honoring those who died were written.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Last_Corps_Trip_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Last_Corps_Trip-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the readings, the room is darkened for the Roll Call of the Absent. This Roll Call honors alumni who have died since the last Muster. As the names are called, a family member or friend answers "Here", and lights a candle in remembrance of that person.<sup id="cite_ref-lozano_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lozano-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lopez_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lopez-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the Roll Call, the Ross Volunteers perform a <a href="/wiki/Three-volley_salute" title="Three-volley salute">three-volley salute</a>, and buglers play "Silver Taps", a version of the US military's melody of farewell.<sup id="cite_ref-kliewer_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kliewer-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smaller Musters are held in over 300 other locations, including in <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a>, and almost every county in Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-lozano_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lozano-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Names can be called at multiple Muster ceremonies. For example, a person may be honored at the Muster in his hometown, while the Muster in the town where his parents live may also choose to call his name.<sup id="cite_ref-spencer_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spencer-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the smaller Musters do not have the pageantry of the campus Muster. In all cases, a Roll Call for the Absent is held, but the ceremony may take place in conjunction with a barbecue or fish fry, to allow for fellowship.<sup id="cite_ref-FindMuster_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FindMuster-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, a Sunrise Muster has been added to the Campus Muster activities. In addition to the traditional muster activities, the name of every Aggie that died in the previous year, worldwide that year is read at the Clayton W. Williams Jr. Alumni Center at 6:51 am.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is to ensure that each alumna and each alumnus who has died in the preceding year will have someone say "here" for them. The event is streamed live on AggieNetwork.com.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Keynote_speakers_(College_Station)"><span id="Keynote_speakers_.28College_Station.29"></span>Keynote speakers (College Station)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Muster_(Texas_A%26M_University)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Keynote speakers (College Station)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2019 Dwight A. Roblyer '84</li> <li>2018 Kathleen Gibson '81</li> <li>2017 Eddie Joe Davis Jr. '67</li> <li>2016 <a href="/wiki/R.C._Slocum" class="mw-redirect" title="R.C. Slocum">R.C. Slocum</a></li> <li>2015 <a href="/wiki/Will_Hurd" title="Will Hurd">Will Hurd</a> '99</li> <li>2014 Bill Youngkin '69</li> <li>2013 Bill Jones '81</li> <li>2012 John R. Hoyle '57</li> <li>2011 Toby Boenig '95</li> <li>2010 Major Stephen G. Ruth '92</li> <li>2009 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a></li> <li>2008 John Adams '73</li> <li>2007 <a href="/wiki/Brooke_Rollins" title="Brooke Rollins">Brooke Leslie Rollins</a> '94</li> <li>2006 Bill Carter ’69</li> <li>2005 <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Williams" title="Clayton Williams">Clayton W. Williams</a> ’54</li> <li>2004 Jon L. Hagler ’58</li> <li>2003 Edwin H. Cooper ’53</li> <li>2002 <a href="/wiki/Rick_Perry" title="Rick Perry">Gov. James R. “Rick” Perry</a> ’72</li> <li>2001 Dr. Joe West ’54</li> <li>2000 <a href="/wiki/Randy_Matson" title="Randy Matson">Randy Matson</a> ’67</li> <li>1999 Mike Baggett '68</li> <li>1998 <a href="/wiki/Gene_Stallings" title="Gene Stallings">Eugene Clifton Stallings, Jr.</a> ’57</li> <li>1997 H. B. Zachry, Jr. ’54</li> <li>1996 E. Dean Gage ’65</li> <li>1995 Lee Phillips ’53</li> <li>1994 Andres Tijerina ’67</li> <li>1993 Jack G. Fritts ’53</li> <li>1992 Frank W. Cox III ’65</li> <li>1991 Adm. <a href="/wiki/Jerome_L._Johnson" title="Jerome L. Johnson">Jerome L. Johnson</a> ’56</li> <li>1990 <a href="/wiki/Red_Cashion" title="Red Cashion">M. L. “Red” Cashion</a> ’53</li> <li>1989 <a href="/wiki/Chet_Edwards" title="Chet Edwards">Thomas Chester "Chet" Edwards</a> ’74</li> <li>1988 <a href="/wiki/Gerald_D._Griffin" title="Gerald D. Griffin">Gerald D. Griffin</a> ’56</li> <li>1987 Robert L. Walker ’58</li> <li>1986 A. W. “Head” Davis ’45</li> <li>1985 Lt. Gen. Ormond R. Simpson ’36</li> <li>1984 <a href="/wiki/Jack_Rains" title="Jack Rains">Jack M. Rains</a> ’60</li> <li>1983 <a href="/wiki/Haskell_Monroe" title="Haskell Monroe">Haskell M. Monroe</a></li> <li>1982 William B. Heye, Sr. ’60</li> <li>1981 Frederick D. McClure ’75</li> <li>1980 <a href="/wiki/Henry_Cisneros" title="Henry Cisneros">Henry G. Cisneros</a> ’68</li> <li>1979 Lee H. Smith ’57</li> <li>1978 Col. Tom Dooley ’35</li> <li>1977 <a href="/wiki/James_Edwin_Ray" title="James Edwin Ray">Maj. James E. Ray</a> ’63</li> <li>1976 Charles G. Scruggs ’47</li> <li>1975 <a href="/wiki/Reagan_V._Brown" title="Reagan V. Brown">Reagan V. Brown</a> ’43</li> <li>1974 Sheldon J. Best ’63</li> <li>1973 <a href="/wiki/James_Edwin_Ray" title="James Edwin Ray">Capt. James E. Ray</a> ’63</li> <li>1972 Larry Kirk ’66</li> <li>1971 Jack K. Williams</li> <li>1970 Yale B. Griffis ’30</li> <li>1969 Mayo J. Thompson ’41</li> <li>1968 Maj. Gen. Wood B. Kyle ’36</li> <li>1967 Maj. Gen. <a href="/wiki/Raymond_L._Murray" class="mw-redirect" title="Raymond L. Murray">Raymond L. Murray</a> ’35</li> <li>1966 Penrose B. Metcalfe ’16</li> <li>1965 <a href="/wiki/Darrow_Hooper" title="Darrow Hooper">C. Darrow Hooper</a> ’53</li> <li>1964 E. King Gill ’24</li> <li>1963 L. F. Peterson ’36</li> <li>1962 <a href="/wiki/Eli_L._Whiteley" title="Eli L. Whiteley">Eli L. Whiteley</a> ’41</li> <li>1961 James W. Aston ’33</li> <li>1960 <a href="/wiki/A._D._Bruce" class="mw-redirect" title="A. D. Bruce">Lt. Gen. A. D. Bruce</a> ’16</li> <li>1959 <a href="/wiki/Olin_E._Teague" title="Olin E. Teague">Olin E. “Tiger” Teague</a> ’32</li> <li>1958 <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Adolph_Schriever" class="mw-redirect" title="Bernard Adolph Schriever">Gen. Bernard A. Schriever ’31</a></li> <li>1957 No Campus Muster due to Easter recess</li> <li>1956 <a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Rudder" title="James Earl Rudder">Maj. Gen. James Earl Rudder</a> ’32</li> <li>1955 Gen. <a href="/wiki/Otto_P._Weyland" title="Otto P. Weyland">Otto P. Weyland</a> ’28</li> <li>1954 <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Texas" title="Governor of Texas">Texas Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Allan_Shivers" title="Allan Shivers">Allan Shivers</a></li> <li>1953 <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Colorado" title="Governor of Colorado">Colorado Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_I.J._Thornton" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel I.J. Thornton">Daniel I.J. Thornton</a></li> <li>1952 <a href="/wiki/Searcy_Bracewell" class="mw-redirect" title="Searcy Bracewell">Searcy Bracewell</a> ’38</li> <li>1951 James H. Pipkin ’29</li> <li>1950 Gen. Louis Henturvey ’29</li> <li>1949 James W. Aston ’33</li> <li>1948 A. E. “Red” Hinman ’25</li> <li>1947 Lt. Col. Lewis B. Chevaillier ’39</li> <li>1946 <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">General Dwight D. Eisenhower</a></li> <li>1945 Lt. Clifton H. Chamberlain ’40</li> <li>1944 E. E. 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Radar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hagler_Institute_for_Advanced_Study" title="Hagler Institute for Advanced Study">Hagler Institute for Advanced Study</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Integrative_Center_for_Homeland_Security" title="Integrative Center for Homeland Security">Integrative Center for Homeland Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University_Libraries" title="Texas A&M University Libraries">Libraries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Nuclear_Science_Center" title="Texas A&M Nuclear Science Center">Nuclear Science Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Astronomical_Observatory" title="Texas A&M Astronomical Observatory">Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Engineering_Experiment_Station" title="Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station">Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Engineering_Extension_Service" title="Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service">Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Transportation_Institute" title="Texas A&M Transportation Institute">Texas A&M Transportation Institute</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#500000;color:white;"><div id="Athletics1004" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Aggies" title="Texas A&M Aggies"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Athletics</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#500000;color:white;">Sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Aggies_baseball" title="Texas A&M Aggies baseball">Baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Aggies_men%27s_basketball" title="Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball">Men's Basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Aggies_women%27s_basketball" title="Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball">Women's Basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Aggies_football" title="Texas A&M Aggies football">Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Aggies_women%27s_soccer" title="Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer">Women's Soccer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Aggies_softball" title="Texas A&M Aggies softball">Softball</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#500000;color:white;">Rivalries</th><td 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Rollie White Coliseum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilliam_Indoor_Track_Stadium" title="Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium">Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Field" title="Kyle Field">Kyle Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olsen_Field_at_Blue_Bell_Park" title="Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park">Olsen Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reed_Arena" title="Reed Arena">Reed Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Student_Rec_Center_Natatorium" class="mw-redirect" title="Student Rec Center Natatorium">Student Rec Center Natatorium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#500000;color:white;">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_A%26M_Aggies_head_football_coaches" title="List of Texas A&M Aggies head football coaches">Football head coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Blair" title="Gary Blair">Gary Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Byrne_(athletic_director)" title="Bill Byrne (athletic director)">Bill Byrne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Denton" title="Steve Denton">Steve Denton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Evans" title="Jo Evans">Jo Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Elko" title="Mike Elko">Mike Elko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Henry_(athletics_coach)" title="Pat Henry (athletics coach)">Pat Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Schlossnagle" title="Jim Schlossnagle">Jim Schlossnagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._C._Slocum" title="R. C. Slocum">R. C. 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