Stanley Armin Friedli
Born: October 31, 1950, Brownsville, Texas
Died: August 1, 1997

Stan (frog Friedli) was born in Brownsville but lived his first 12 years in Mexico. His father managed a dairy in the highlands of Mexico near Monterrey.

His family moved to San Antonio in 1962 and Stan later attended Roosevelt High School, graduating with Honors in 1968. He was president of his senior class, a member of the National Honor Society, and named "Mr Teenage San Antonio" by the Optimist Club. He also was an Eagle Scout.

He was accepted to the Air Force Academy but left in disappointment the first summer of orientation, when he found that he could not be a pilot. He then attended Princeton his first full semester of college but decided that the students of Princeton where not his type of people.

That's how he found his way to Texas A&M and Heaven's 11. One of his first greetings was with senior Peter Michael Reed who shared this personal credo with Stan: " I hate frogs!" Then he followed up by ordering that "frog" Friedli was to "ribbit" every time his left foot struck the floor while he was in the dorm.

In spite of the special hazing, Stan stuck with it along with the rest of us. He went on to become a Ross Volunteer and he was the Corps Scholastic Officer his senior year, a truly great honor.

After graduation he trained as an Air Force navigator and was later stationed at Dyess AFB (Abilene, TX) after graduation from training. Flying C-130s he literally saw the world including South America, Europe, and North Africa. He even spent time in Timbuktu flying aid missions for the U.N.

After fulfilling his Air Force commitment, he left the service and enrolled in the law school at Texas Tech University. He graduated in 1980 with his JD and an MBA.

He met Rebecca Joy Parker while attending Texas Tech and married her on March 18, 1980. He didn't care to become a lawyer so he never took his bar exam. Nevertheless, he use his education with several different positions as a consultant.

He and Becky had 6 children: Luke, John, David, Christina, Bonnie and James.

Stan was active in his church and served as an elder.

frog Friedli was a heck of a guy, and his early departure from this life was a significant loss to us all. It was my honor to have known Stan and to have spent many an hour riding in my car back and forth to A&M with him.

Tom Schoolcraft