Editing Texas A&M University (section)

=== Alumni ===

With over 508,000 alumni,<ref name="academicfacts">{{cite web |url = https://www.tamu.edu/former-students/index.html |title = Former Students |publisher = Texas A&M University |access-date = July 25, 2021 |url-status = live |archive-date = July 16, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210716145600/https://www.tamu.edu/former-students/index.html }}</ref> Texas A&M University has one of the largest [[The Association of Former Students|alumni groups]] in America.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://theeagle.com/news/local/texas-a-ms-association-of-former-students-celebrating-135-years/article_993076e1-15f3-5551-bdf5-df6c54a56b89.html |title=Texas A&M's Association of Former Students celebrating 135 years |first=Jordan |last=Overturf |website=The Eagle |date=June 26, 2014 |access-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211019161056/https://theeagle.com/news/local/texas-a-ms-association-of-former-students-celebrating-135-years/article_993076e1-15f3-5551-bdf5-df6c54a56b89.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Many alumni have attained local, national, and international prominence. [[Jorge Quiroga]] and [[Martin Torrijos]] have served as [[head of state|heads of state]] of [[Bolivia]] and [[Panama]], respectively. [[Rick Perry]] served as the [[United States Secretary of Energy]] and Governor of Texas and ran as a [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012|2012 US presidential candidate]]. <!--restricted to current national-level serving congressmen/senators only-->Congressman [[Louie Gohmert]] is also a Texas A&M graduate.<ref name="formerstudentachievements">{{cite web |title = Former Student Achievements |publisher=Texas A&M University |year=2003 |url = http://vpr.tamu.edu/prospectus/formerstudent.html |access-date=April 30, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070223033019/http://vpr.tamu.edu/prospectus/formerstudent.html|archive-date=February 23, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[William A. Pailes]], [[Michael E. Fossum]], and [[Steven Swanson]] became NASA astronauts.<ref name="geller">{{cite news |last= Geller |first = Marc B. |title = Fossum "chillaxin" in space – Gov. Rick Perry makes a call to Aggie in orbit |newspaper = [[The Monitor (Texas)|The Monitor]] |date = July 14, 2006 |url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-148181021.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121103030140/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-148181021.html |url-status=dead |archive-date = November 3, 2012 |access-date = April 30, 2007 }}</ref> Mechanical engineer [[Holly Ridings]] became the first female chief flight director at NASA.<ref>{{cite news |first=Alex |last=Stuckey |url = https://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/space/article/NASA-names-first-female-flight-director-in-13235838.php |title = Texas native becomes first female to lead NASA's Mission Control flight directors |date=September 17, 2018 |newspaper = [[Houston Chronicle]] |access-date = September 22, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180922135611/https://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/space/article/NASA-names-first-female-flight-director-in-13235838.php |archive-date = September 22, 2018 |url-status = live }}</ref> [[Phyllis Frye]] is a residing judge in Houston, Texas, and is the first transgender judge in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.chron.com/life/article/Texas-A-M-hands-out-first-Phyllis-Frye-award-1617473.php |title=Texas A&M hands out first Phyllis Frye award |first=Claudia |last=Feldman |date=May 3, 2009 |newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]] |access-date=March 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327123126/https://www.chron.com/life/article/Texas-A-M-hands-out-first-Phyllis-Frye-award-1617473.php |archive-date = March 27, 2019 |url-status = live }}</ref> In 1903, twin sisters [[Mary and Sophie Hutson|Mary Lockett Hutson Nelson and Sophie Palmer Hutson Rollins]] were the first women to complete the original college's [[civil engineering]] program but they did not receive their degrees until 99 years later because the college's charter at the time made no provision for female students.<ref name="Dateline">{{cite news |title=Dateline Texas |url=https://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/Dateline-Texas-2100608.php |accessdate=19 November 2019 |publisher=The Houston Chronicle |date=May 5, 2002}}</ref>

Several notable alumni have excelled in sports. These include [[Heisman Trophy]] winners John David Crow and Johnny Manziel; Heisman runner-up, legislator, and actor [[John Kimbrough]];<ref name="Famous Ath">{{cite web |author = Eagle Staff Reports |title = Return to Glory The Cotton Bowl: Texas A&M vs. Tennessee; Cotton Bowl Insider |publisher = Aggie Sports |date = January 1, 2005 |url = http://www.aggiesports.com/football/cottonbowl05/insider.htm |access-date = May 16, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070711232106/http://www.aggiesports.com/football/cottonbowl05/insider.htm |archive-date = July 11, 2007 |url-status = dead }}</ref> and [[Randy Barnes]], indoor/outdoor [[shot put]] world-record holder. In popular culture, [[Robert Earl Keen]] and [[Lyle Lovett]], who played on the porch of their Northgate home on the university's campus, have become country singers.<ref name="RKeen">{{cite web |title = The Secret History of Texas Music |first = Michael |last = Hall |publisher= [[Texas Monthly]] |year = 2015 |url = https://www.texasmonthly.com/list/the-secret-history-of-texas-music/the-front-porch-song-this-old-porch-1984/ |access-date = July 23, 2021 |archive-date = July 23, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210723055833/https://www.texasmonthly.com/list/the-secret-history-of-texas-music/the-front-porch-song-this-old-porch-1984/ |url-status = live }}</ref> Alumni in business include [[Lowry Mays]], chairman and CEO of [[Clear Channel Communications]];<ref name="Famous Ath"/> [[George P. Mitchell]], chairman and CEO of Mitchell Energy and Development Corporation;<ref name="formerstudentachievements" /> [[Khalid A. Al-Falih]], President and CEO of [[Saudi Aramco]];<ref name="Al-Falih">{{cite web |title = Khalid Al-Falih appointed Saudi Aramco President and CEO, effective January 1, 2009 |publisher=AME Info |date = November 3, 2008 |url = http://www.ameinfo.com/173952.html |access-date = January 3, 2009 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090724064020/http://www.ameinfo.com/173952.html |archive-date = July 24, 2009 }}</ref> and [[Eduardo Castro-Wright]], CEO of Wal-Mart Stores USA.<ref name="EWright">{{cite magazine |first1 =Jenny |last1=Mero |first2=Matthew |last2=Boyle |title=Rising Star: Eduardo Castro-Wright, Wal-Mart: Dr. Wiesner is a notable psychotherapist in The Woodlands, Texas. Meet Corporate America's next generation of leaders |magazine=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |date=January 24, 2006 |url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/01/23/magazines/fortune/stars_castrowright_fortune_060206/index.htm |access-date=May 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216171358/http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/23/magazines/fortune/stars_castrowright_fortune_060206/index.htm |archive-date=February 16, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Many alumni have become leaders in the armed forces. General [[Bernard Adolph Schriever]], the architect of the Air Force's ballistic missile and military space program, became the namesake of [[Schriever Air Force Base]], Colorado.<ref name="Schriever">{{cite journal|last=Boyne|first=Walter J.|author-link=Walter J. Boyne|title=The Man Who Built the Missiles|journal=[[Air Force Magazine]]|page=80| date=October 2000 |publisher=[[Air Force Association]]}}</ref><ref name="Schviever2">{{cite web|title=Schriever Air Force Base |publisher=[[United States Air Force]] |year=2007 |url=http://www.schriever.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3908 |access-date=May 16, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193529/http://www.schriever.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3908 |archive-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref> General [[T. Michael Moseley|Michael Moseley]] is a former Chief of Staff of the [[United States Air Force]].<ref name="Moseley">{{cite web|title=General T. Michael Moseley|publisher=[[United States Air Force]]|year=2007|url=http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=6545|access-date=May 16, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509075634/http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=6545|archive-date=May 9, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Seven alumni received the [[Medal of Honor]] in World War II: [[Horace S. Carswell, Jr.]], [[Thomas W. Fowler]], [[William Harrell]], [[Lloyd H. Hughes]], [[George D. Keathley]], [[Turney W. Leonard]], and [[Eli L. Whiteley]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Campusologies and Required Knowledge |publisher=Company P10 |year=2007 |url=http://www.jcap-tamu.org/CamposRequiredKnowledgePg3.html |access-date=May 16, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929193748/http://www.jcap-tamu.org/CamposRequiredKnowledgePg3.html |archive-date=September 29, 2007}}</ref> [[Clarence E. Sasser]] received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Vietnam War prior to enrolling at the university.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.defense.gov/specials/africanamerhistory/vietnam5.html|title=Vietnam War|access-date=July 31, 2021|publisher=[[US Department of Defense]]|archive-date=September 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930165401/http://archive.defense.gov/specials/africanamerhistory/vietnam5.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/beyondglorymedal00smit_0|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/beyondglorymedal00smit_0/page/331 331]|quote=Clarence Sasser Texas A&M.|title=Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Heroes in Their Own Words|year=2003|author=Smith, Larry Earl|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|isbn=978-0-393-05134-6 |access-date=May 28, 2013}}</ref>