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Texas A&M Trivia: 25 People you didn’t know were Aggies

By Mary Catherine McCord

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: Country music singer and songwriter Lyle Lovett answers questions during a student music program in the State Dining Room of the White House November 21, 2011 in Washington, DC. Part of a program called 'The History of Country Music: From Barn Dances to Pop Charts,' Lovett and fellow musicians Kris Kristofferson and Darius Rucker answered questions and performed music for about 120 students from Anacostia and Woodrow Wilson high schools and Newport Middle School. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: Country music singer and songwriter Lyle Lovett answers questions during a student music program in the State Dining Room of the White House November 21, 2011 in Washington, DC. Part of a program called 'The History of Country Music: From Barn Dances to Pop Charts,' Lovett and fellow musicians Kris Kristofferson and Darius Rucker answered questions and performed music for about 120 students from Anacostia and Woodrow Wilson high schools and Newport Middle School. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) /
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9. Francis Turner, Developer of the US Interstate Highway System

Francis Turner graduated from Texas A&M in 1929 with a degree in Civil Engineering, and went back to school to get his Masters of Civil Engineering in 1940.

In 1954 President Dwight Eisenhower appointed Turner as the Executive Secretary of the Clay Commission President’s Advisory Committee on the National Highway Program. Turner would work as the deputy commissioner, chief engineer and was the first Federal Highway Administrator before his death in 1999.

8. Jorge F. Quiroga-Ramirez, Former President of Bolivia

Jorge Quiroga graduated from Texas A&M in 1981 with a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering. He was President of Bolivia from 2001-2002, and Vice-President before that, from 1997 until 2001. He was the youngest VP in Bolivian history.