The University of Wisconsin-Superior marked Veterans Day by honoring three people for military service and continued service to their communities. The Henry Blomberg Excellence in Service Awards were presented during a ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 11.
Dana Stone, a staff sergeant who served 20 years in the U.S. Army, was recognized for his military career and for continuing those values in his work, family life and service to others after leaving the Army.
Natasha Schumacher, a Navy petty officer first class, serves as systems and digital services librarian at UW-Superior. She was honored for work keeping library resources accessible, expanding affordable course materials, and supporting students, veterans and colleagues through campus leadership and volunteer service.
Wendy Walker Davis, an Army private first class, served as an ambulance medic during Operation Desert Storm in Kuwait, Iraq and Saudi Arabia and was twice recognized for meritorious performance. After serious service-related injuries, she earned degrees from UW-Superior, UW-Madison and the University of North Texas and has run a business for more than three decades.
The awards are named for Lt. Henry Blomberg, a Superior native and UW-Superior alumnus who was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross after he was critically wounded in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in October 1918 and later died of his injuries.
