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==Background==
==Background==
Mercer and his two sisters, Patricia (husband Phillip) Dapeer and Sharon (husband Bobby) Barnes, are the children of Daniel Hall Mercer (1919-2002), who served in the United States Army Air Corps in [[World War II]] and the [[United States Air Force]] in the [[Korean War]] and was thereafter a career technical sergeant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Mercer&GSfn=Daniel&GSmn=Hall&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=72735817&df=all&|title=Daniel Hall Mercer|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=February 22, 2016}}</ref> In 1950, Daniel Mercer married the former Mary Dalia Almaguer (1929-2015). The couple is interred at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=150252299|title=Mary Dalia Almaguer Mercer|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=February 22, 2016}}</ref>
Mercer and his two sisters, Patricia (husband Phillip) Dapeer and Sharon (husband Bobby) Barnes, are the children of Daniel Hall Mercer (1919-2002), who served in the United States Army Air Corps in [[World War II]] and the [[United States Air Force]] in the [[Korean War]] and was thereafter a career technical sergeant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Mercer&GSfn=Daniel&GSmn=Hall&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=72735817&df=all&|title=Daniel Hall Mercer|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=February 22, 2016}}</ref> In 1950, Daniel Mercer married the former Mary Dalia Almaguer (1929-2015), the mother of Mercer and his sisters. The senior Mercers are interred at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=150252299|title=Mary Dalia Almaguer Mercer|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=February 22, 2016}}</ref>
Mercer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in [[biology]] from the [[University of Texas at Austin]], a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio (2005 "Alumnus of the Year"), and a Master of Business Administration in finance and management from St. Mary's University, also in San Antonio. He is a member of the Delta Mu Delta Graduate Business Honor Society.<ref name=sboe>{{cite web|url=http://tea.texas.gov/index4.aspx?id=3421|title=SBOE Member District 5|publisher=tea.tsxas.gov|accessdate=February 23, 2016}}</ref>
Mercer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in [[biology]] from the [[University of Texas at Austin]], a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio (2005 "Alumnus of the Year"), and a Master of Business Administration in finance and management from St. Mary's University, also in San Antonio. He is a member of the Delta Mu Delta Graduate Business Honor Society.<ref name=sboe>{{cite web|url=http://tea.texas.gov/index4.aspx?id=3421|title=SBOE Member District 5|publisher=tea.tsxas.gov|accessdate=February 23, 2016}}</ref>