Overview
Wayne J. Peay, was the Director of the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library from 1984 until his retirement on October 1, 2007.
Wayne began his career at the Eccles Library in 1970 as the bindery clerk when the library was located on the B Level of the Medical Center after the medical library was separated from the main campus library. Wayne assisted in moving the library to the new Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library which was dedicated in 1971.
With the encouragement of Priscilla Mayden, Eccles Library Director from 1965-1984, he left for Washington University in St. Louis where he was Serials Librarian and Coordinator of the PHILSOM Network from 1973-1975. He left St. Louis for library school at Columbia University where he received his M.S. with honors in 1977 while serving as Assistant Director of the Data Processing Department at the Medical Library Center of New York.
Wayne returned to the Eccles Library as Head of Media Services 1977-1983, Head of Technical Services 1980-1983 and Head of Computer and Media Services 1983-1984 before being named Director.