Age: 52

Hometown: Houston, TX

Organization: The Louis Berger Group, Inc.

Steven Mark Humphries 74 perished aboard a commercial airliner that crashed March 12th, 2005 in Afghanistan. Humphries, an engineer with the New Jersey based Louis Berger Group, had been working in Afghanistan for more than a year on a highway construction project. He was one of six Americans among the 104 passengers killed when the plane crashed into a snow covered mountain.

A 1974 Civil Engineering graduate, Humphries is survived by his wife, Jamie 75 and their three children Kelly 00, Cade, and Alex of Houston; his parents, J.C. and Pat Humphries of Bryan; a sister, Stormy Armstrong, of Dublin, TX; and brothers Chris Humphries 80 and Sam Humphries 86, both of Bryan.

Source: The Association of Former Students

Messages:

23 June 2007

Mark did a lot of good in Afghanistan. Thethings he did outside the scope ofhis projectwas in full character ofwhat we learned at home, in life, at Aggieland . . . The project was tough. Attacks were not uncommon during the weeks and months in country. Each loss of life, Afghan, serviceman,or expat, came as a heavy blow. Mark stood tall. When times were most dangerous, Mark would pull out the humor . . . it broke the ice.People would gravitate to him . . . and he watched out for me. Heraised a lot of hell and probably jeopardized his job to have me evac'd out of Zabul one cold, hairy, November day back in2004.

That was the man he was. He showed me the way. Over two years after the crash I still receive emails from Afghans, Turks, Indians, and expats asking about his family. He made an impact.

I could go on and on, but will stop short to say this. There is not a day goes by I don't think about the men in uniform down range . . . the Aggies I met overseas . . . the guys out in the field . . . and my brother.

God Bless them all and keep them safe . . . on this Earth and in the here-after.

Chris Humphries '80 - Bryan, TX

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