Margaret Cuninggim earned the bachelor’s degree at Duke (1936), the master’s degree at Columbia (1947), and the EdD from Northwestern (1958). She served as dean of women at UT, succeeding Gladys Beach, from 1957 to 1966; at Vanderbilt from 1966 to 1973; and dean of student services at Vanderbilt from 1973 to 1976. She served as president of the Tennessee Association of Women’s Deans from 1958 to 1960. The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center at Vanderbilt University is named in her honor, as is Vanderbilt’s annual Margaret Cuninggim lecture on women in culture and society. Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman honorary society, annually awards a fellowship in her name.
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