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Doris E. Lewis was born on 20 July, 1911 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian librarian. Discover Doris E. Lewis's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

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Occupation Librarian
Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 20 July, 1911
Birthday 20 July
Birthplace Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of death 23 May, 1985
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Nationality Toronto, Ontario

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Doris Eileen Lewis (née Pringle) was a Canadian librarian who served as the first University Librarian at the University of Waterloo.

1911

Lewis was born July 20, 1911, in Toronto, Ontario.

1933

She graduated from the University of Toronto in 1933 and received a diploma in library sciences the following year.

As a student at the UofT Lewis as vice-president of her class and a member of the Acta Victoriana Board.

1934

Lewis started her career in libraries at the UoT working in the circulation department from 1934 to 1936.

After marrying and starting a family, she returned to professional life.

1949

In 1949 she joined Waterloo College as a lecturer in library science, taking on the role of chief librarian in 1951.

1954

The library had been amassed by the group between 1954 and 1965 as a Canadian Centennial project.

Lewis also played a key role in the design of the Dana Porter Library preparing the briefing reports that would inform its construction.

1959

Following the establishment of the University of Waterloo in 1959, Lewis was named the school's first University Librarian.

1963

In 1963 Lewis completed a bachelor of library science, once again from the UofT.

1965

Lewis was also a member of two commissions aimed at assessing post-secondary education beginning with the Commission on the Financing of Higher Education (the Bladen Commission) in 1965 on which she worked with Robert H. Blackburn and Brian R. Land of the UofT.

The following year she assisted with the preparation of briefs for the Commission to Study the Development of Graduate Programmes in Ontario Universities (Spinks Commission).

1967

Interested in the lives of women, Lewis played an instrumental role in the acquisition of the Lady Aberdeen Library on the History of Women, donated to the University of Waterloo Library by the National Council of Women of Canada in 1967.

1969

By 1969 book volumes at Waterloo's library had increased to 300,000 and was growing at a rate of 60,000 volumes per year.

After stepping down as University Librarian in 1969, Lewis continued on at the university as a collections development librarian until her retirement in 1976.

The same year the school's Special Collections & Archives department was founded with the naming of the Doris Lewis Rare Book Room.

Post-retirement, Lewis worked as consultant to the book-dealer B. H. Blackwell Ltd, Oxford.

In addition to her work as a librarian, Lewis served as president of the Canadian Association of University Libraries and was the first chair of the Ontario Association of College and University Libraries.

Lewis received an honorary doctorate from Trent in 1969.

1972

Lewis later participated in the Federal Government Library Survey between 1972 and 1974.

She also acted as a consultant about the design of the Trent University's library.

1977

She was also awarded the Canadian Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977 in recognition of her service to the profession.

1982

In 1982 the University of Waterloo awarded her with a 25th Anniversary Medal.

Of her impending retirement, Lewis expressed pride about having been with the University of Waterloo Library since its founding and explained: "You can't just cut off a part of your life without missing it."

1985

Lewis died on May 23, 1985.