Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 9, 2019
• Invested on: September 04, 2019

Marion Lewis, O.C.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Marion Lewis’ career is one of exceptional breadth and impact. Starting as a technician, she co-founded the world-renowned Rh Laboratory in Winnipeg, where her seminal contributions to the treatment and prevention of Rh disease led to the survival of hundreds of thousands of individuals. A gifted autodidact, she expanded her research in immunohematology to include gene mapping and the distribution of blood groups in ethnic communities across Canada. Her outstanding expertise has led her to become an accomplished professor of pediatrics and of human genetics at the University of Manitoba, where she was subsequently named professor emerita.