University of the Pacific

Doris Meyer was inducted in the Pacific Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991 in recognition of her work coordinating women's sports on campus. 

She came to Pacific in 1956 and served as a teacher, coach and adviser until her retirement in 1990. One of few women professors when she began at Pacific, she directed intramural activities, advised the Women's Recreation Association and coached several sports, including tennis and field hockey. 

Meyer saw many changes during her three-decade-long career at Pacific and played a role in the transformation of women's athletics. When she joined Pacific, female students had only the option to participate in intramural and recreational sports, and opportunities were limited for those women who were considered elite. She recalled one of her students had no option but to play on the men's tennis team and another who joined the men's golf team. It would be years before the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began governing national championships in women's sports. 

Meyer played an influential role developing the curriculum for physical education majors in College of the Pacific and for meeting the California state teacher credentialing requirements in physical education and adaptive physical education in the Gladys L. Benerd School of Education. The adaptive physical education program helped raise Pacific's profile among education circles in California. In later years, she also supervised student teachers. 

Meyer received the Faye and Alex Spanos Distinguished Teaching Award from College of the Pacific. She now enjoys remaining connected to the university through involvement with the Emeriti Society.