| Graduation Year | Faculty |
| Date of Birth | Jan 01, 1939 |
| Date of Passing | Mar 04, 2024 |
| About | Ms. Linda M. Merkle was our English Literature Teacher and Faculty Advisor to the Valhalla Annual Staff from 1964 until 1989. Born in Oklahoma, Masters Ed. from Univ.Texas-Austin. Linda was also active in the Lake Lanier Sailing Club, where she served as the first female Commodore in 1993. During the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta, she was the Competition Manager for the 1996 Paralympic Yachting Competition. She went on to help organize and run paralympic sailing events at the Olympic games from 2000 through 2012, traveling to Sydney, Beijing, Athens, and London, making friends throughout the international paralympic sailing community. |
| Events | Obit link: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/linda-merkle-obituary?id=54928197 |
