Doris E. Lewis
Doris Eileen Lewis (née Pringle) was a Canadian librarian who served as the first University Librarian at the University of Waterloo. Early life and education Lewis was born July 20, 1911, in Toronto, Ontario. 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. Career 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. In 1949 she joined Waterloo College as a lecturer in library science, taking on the role of chief librarian in 1951. Following the establishment of the University of Waterloo in 1959, Lewis was named the school's first University Librarian. 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. The library had been amassed by the group between 1954 and 1965 as a Canadian Centennial project.