Class of 1986

This is a photo of Mark (Col ’86) and Carolyn (Boggs) Patrick (Col ’88) in Dabney 2nd Right on Carolyn’s birthday. Married in 1988 following Carolyn’s graduation, we both served in the Navy (via UVA NROTC) and in August 2026, will have been married 38 years. Two of our three adult children are also UVA graduates, and we now live near Charlottesville, having chosen Central VA as forever home!

I remember a wonderful, beautiful day on the Lawn for our graduation. I was not sad, because I knew I would be at UVA another 4 years for medical school. That day, I was not thinking – where will my parents find parking – or other crucial details. But somehow they were right where they needed to be! I see photos from current graduations with all the colorful balloons – I would have so been a fan of that if someone had only thought of it back then!