Spring Break
Silver taps honors car crash victims Troy R. Marschang
By: Megan Keyho
Issue date: 3/3/09 Section: News
"Troy lived the life of many lifetimes, he lived life to the fullest, and never let anything hold him back from doing what he loved," said Troy R. Marschang's former roommate, James Law, a junior mechanical engineering major.
Marschang was a junior petroleum engineering major, who his friends and family describe as dedicated to his studies, fiancé and friends.
Marschang, 19, was killed when he was ejected from the driver's side window after rolling his car through a ditch on highway 6 on Feb. 7.
He was on his way to Houston to visit his fiancé, junior biomedical sciences major Kassi Montgomery, who was working at Texas Children's Hospital for the weekend.
"He was a safe driver, he never sped and he was not drinking. In fact, he always went went under the speed limit. This is the first time in months that I had not ridden in the car with him," Montgomery said.
Marschang attended International School of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia for high school, where he lived with his father, Steve, and brother, Ryan. He attended Texas A&M Qatar in fall 2008. His father graduated from A&M with a petroleum engineering degree.
He served as the class president of his high school and graduated in 2007.
"He had a bubbly personality and he really enjoyed school. He loved A&M, and there was so many things that he loved about it," said his grandmother, Marjory Marschang.
Marschang was involved in the Student Engineering Council, men's volleyball and had traveled to Cork, Ireland, with the A&M Qatar debate team in December. He interned with Chevron over the summer and had plans to return this summer.
He enjoyed spending time with his fiancé.
"He couldn't go four hours without talking to me, if he didn't call me on the fourth hour, I would have called him on the fifth," Montgomery said.
She said he was patient and understanding under any circumstance.
"In all the time we were together, I can't remember him ever getting mad at me. No matter how much I yelled or got upset, he would just hold my hand," she said.
Marschang was a junior petroleum engineering major, who his friends and family describe as dedicated to his studies, fiancé and friends.
Marschang, 19, was killed when he was ejected from the driver's side window after rolling his car through a ditch on highway 6 on Feb. 7.
He was on his way to Houston to visit his fiancé, junior biomedical sciences major Kassi Montgomery, who was working at Texas Children's Hospital for the weekend.
"He was a safe driver, he never sped and he was not drinking. In fact, he always went went under the speed limit. This is the first time in months that I had not ridden in the car with him," Montgomery said.
Marschang attended International School of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia for high school, where he lived with his father, Steve, and brother, Ryan. He attended Texas A&M Qatar in fall 2008. His father graduated from A&M with a petroleum engineering degree.
He served as the class president of his high school and graduated in 2007.
"He had a bubbly personality and he really enjoyed school. He loved A&M, and there was so many things that he loved about it," said his grandmother, Marjory Marschang.
Marschang was involved in the Student Engineering Council, men's volleyball and had traveled to Cork, Ireland, with the A&M Qatar debate team in December. He interned with Chevron over the summer and had plans to return this summer.
He enjoyed spending time with his fiancé.
"He couldn't go four hours without talking to me, if he didn't call me on the fourth hour, I would have called him on the fifth," Montgomery said.
She said he was patient and understanding under any circumstance.
"In all the time we were together, I can't remember him ever getting mad at me. No matter how much I yelled or got upset, he would just hold my hand," she said.
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