ARDIS N. MCAFEE ENDOWMENT SCHOLARSHIP

Ardis N. McAfee established this scholarship to support Nursing program students at CVTC. Ardis was born in Northwestern Wisconsin in Milltown. She graduated from the Ancker Hospital School of Nursing in St. Paul, MN. She joined the Army Nurse Corps in 1943 and served during World War II. She was in the Philippines when the war ended, and when given the option to fly home or serve as a nurse to wounded soldiers traveling home by boat, she chose to take to the boat. Ardis was a charter member of the Medical Auxiliary started in 1953, and was one of the first women offered a full membership to the VFW. She lived most of her adult life in Eau Claire, WI.