Walter Lewis Brown

Walter Lewis Brown (January 4, 1861 – October 16, 1931) is an American librarian. Brown served as President of the American Library Association from 1916 to 1917. Brown was instrumental in establishing a public library in Buffalo, New York, now the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Brown led the American Library Association at the beginning of the first World War. In that role, Brown initiated a partnership between the American Library Association and the Library of Congress to create the ALA War Service Committee.