Table of contents for 2023's Worldwide Roll Call for the Absent

The 2023 Worldwide Roll Call for the Absent includes the names of 1,274 Aggies whose deaths were reported to The Association since the previous Muster.

Some of those deaths happened more than a year ago, but the names are included on this year’s roll call because they have not previously been called at any Aggie Muster. Because of the constraints of our production timeline, the cutoff for names to be included on the main portion of this roll was April 17.

The video of the 2023 roll call, a recording of which is viewable at MusterLive.AggieNetwork.com, runs approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes. The calling of names proceeds from oldest Class year to youngest. Names added after April 16 are grouped together near the end, followed by the names of some honored faculty, staff and friends of Texas A&M. Names that were initially called incorrectly were called again in a final "Corrections" segment.

The following table of contents is to help viewers find names from a particular Class year or era. The numbers at left are the timestamps on the video for the start of each segment of the Roll Call.

To find the exact timestamp of a specific name within the 2023 Worldwide Roll Call, please see the full directory, sorted by last name, at tx.ag/2023directory. That directory will be published as soon as possible after the event concludes.

The 2023 Worldwide Roll Call for the Absent

April 21, 2023

2:45 — "Homeland"

Musical composition by Z. Randall Stroope. Performed by Women's Chorus members Rachel DeGeorge '25, Marianne Howell '25, Sarah Lukich '25, and Ally Wolf '25, under the direction of David Kipp.

5:00 — Introduction and Welcome

Porter S. Garner III ’79, President and CEO, The Association of Former Students.

6:05 — "Roll Call for the Absent"

Poem written by Dr. John Ashton, Class of 1906, and read by George Nelson '64.

8:33 — The 2023 Worldwide Roll call for the Absent, Part 1

A short, spoken script introducing the format of the live Worldwide Roll Call for the Absent, presented by Delaney Whitworth '22.

9:35 — Classes of 1917 - 1945

Called by John Zachry ’84

12:39 — Classes of 1945 (cont.) - 1948

Called by Mark Farrell ’73.

15:48 — Classes of 1948 (cont.) - 1950

Called by Jeff Steen ’80.

18:43 — Class of 1950 (cont.)

Called by Bruce Chinn ’79.

20:23 — Class of 1951

Called by Sandra Chinn ’79.

22:03 — Class of 1951 (cont.)

Called by Robert White ’81.

23:20 — Classes of 1951 (cont.) - 1952

Called by Dee White.

24:46 — Classes of 1952 (cont.) - 1953

Called by Nathan Drain ’23.

27:25 — Classes of 1953 (cont.) - 1954

Called by BG Joe Ramirez ’79.

30:00 — Classes of 1954 (cont.) - 1955

Called by Andrew Arizpe ’05.

32:55 — Classes of 1955 (cont.) - 1957

Called by Fred McClure ’76.

35:40 — Class of 1957 (cont.)

Called by Porter S. Garner III ’79.

38:05 — Classes of 1957 (cont.) - 1958

Called by Jason Whisenant.

40:26 — Classes of 1958 (cont.) - 1959

Called by Grace Platt ’25.

42:44 — Classes of 1959 (cont.) - 1960

Called by Bruce Hamilton ’78.

45:17 — Classes of 1960 (cont.) - 1961

Called by Mike Fitch.

47:40 — Class of 1961 (cont.)

Called by Juliann Miller ’21.

50:20 — Classes of 1961 (cont.) - 1962

Called by Brandon Cozart ’03.

52:53 — Classes of 1962 (cont.) - 1964

Called by Marty Holmes ‘87.

55:16 — Class of 1964 (cont.)

Called by Grayson Sims ’24.

58:01 — “The Spirit of Muster”

Poem written by Joey Dean ’05 and read by Randy Reyes ’01.

58:39 — Classes of 1965 - 1966

Called by Dr. Vicki Dobiyanski ’03.

1:00:55 —Classes of 1966 (cont.) - 1967

Called by Joseph Fanizzi ’25.

1:03:15 —Classes of 1967 (cont.) - 1968

Called by Bobby Jenkins ’81.

1:05:40 —Classes of 1968 (cont.) - 1969

Called by Chris Reed ’11.

1:07:36 — Classes of 1969 (cont.) – 1970

Called by Miranda Henderson ’09.

1:10:03 — Classes of 1970 (cont.) - 1971

Called by Dr. Alan Sams.

1:12:25 — Classes of 1971 (cont.) - 1972

Called by Bob Jordan ’85.

1:13:40 — Classes of 1972 (cont.) - 1973

Called by Kelly Jordan ’86.

1:15:14 — Classes of 1973 (cont.) - 1974

Called by Cecilee Herd ‘95.

1:17:40 — Classes of 1974 (cont.) - 1975

Called by Connor Able ‘25

1:20:49 — Classes of 1975 (cont.) - 1976

Called by Ross Bjork.

1:23:42 — Classes of 1976 (cont.) - 1977

Called by Mark Herod ’78.

1:25:15 — Classes of 1977 (cont.) - 1978

Called by Anne Herod ’78.

1:26:41 — Classes of 1978 (cont.) - 1979

Called by Case Harris ’23.

1:29:14 — Classes of 1979 (cont.) - 1980

Called by Kellie Hollinger ’02.

1:31:52 — “Stand for Me”

Poem written by Patricia B. “Tricia” (Bell) Millsap ’79 and read by Dustie Koudela ’23.

1:32:34 — Classes of 1981 - 1982

Called by BG Patrick Michaelis ’93.

1:35:10 — Classes of 1982 - 1984

Called by Zac Cross ’23.

1:38:08 — Classes of 1984 (cont.) - 1986

Called by Mary Miller ’87.

1:40:26 — Classes of 1986  (cont.) - 1988

Called by Dahlia Taha ’23.

1:42:38 — Classes of 1988 (cont.) - 1991

Called by Jody Morris.

1:44:52 — Classes of 1991 (cont.) - 1994

Called by Jennifer Pool '88.

1:47:35 — Classes of 1994 (cont.) - 1998

Called by Doug Dormer ’91.

1:50:48 — Classes of 1998 (cont.) - 2003

Called by Dr. Susan Ballabina.

1:53:10 — Classes of 2003 (cont.) - 2012

Called by Nic Taunton ’07.

1:55:34 — Classes of 2012 (cont.) - 2020

Called by Rachel Greve ’22.

1:57:26 — Classes of 2021 - 2026

Called by M. Katherine Banks.

1:59:29 — The 2023 Worldwide Roll call for the Absent, Part 2: Late additions and honored faculty, staff and friends of Texas A&M

A short, spoken script introducing the second part of the Worldwide Roll Call for the Absent, which includes Aggies whose passing The Association learned about after April 17, as well as faculty, staff and friends of Texas A&M. Presented by Delaney Whitworth '22.

1:59:50 — Recent Notifications from the Classes of 1950 to 2003, plus friends of Texas A&M

Called by Josh Smith '97.

2:01:12 — The 2023 Worldwide Roll call for the Absent, Part 3: Corrections

A short, spoken script introducing the third part of the Worldwide Roll Call for the Absent, which includes corrections for anyone on this roll whose name was mispronounced or inadvertently omitted. Presented by Delaney Whitworth '22.

2:01:28 — Corrections

Called by Barbara Smith '91.

2:06:40 — “In Memoriam”

Poem written by Lt. Col. David Harrigan ’68 and read by Bob Jordan ’855.

2:07:27 — Closing Remarks.

Scot Walker ’90, Vice President, The Association of Former Students.

2:08:37 — “The Spirit of Aggieland”

Lyrics written by Marvin H. Mimms ’26; musical composition by Richard J. Dunn. Performed by Singing Cadets Liam Stevens ’23, Malachi Drew ’26, Miles Baker ’23, Jonah Snyder ’25, and Nelson Espinosa ’25. Conducted by David Kipp.