Margaret Cuninggim

Cuninggim started her career teaching art at Alabama College, later known as the University of Montevallo, in Montevallo, Alabama.^[2] She later taught at Ripon College, Hockaday Junior College and Tennessee Technological University.^[2][3]

Cuninggim served as Dean of Women at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee for nine years, from 1957 to 1966.^[2][3] She also served as President of the Tennessee Association of Women's Deans from 1958 to 1960.^[2] She returned to Nashville and served as the fourth Dean of Women at Vanderbilt University from 1966 to 1973, and as the Dean of Student Services from 1973 to 1976.^[2]

Cuninggim was an honorary member of the Mortar Board and served as national editor and archivist for Alpha Lambda Delta for first-year girls.^[2]

Cuninggim died on July 4, 1986, in St. Petersburg, Florida, after a long illness.^[2] Her funeral was held at Wightman's Chapel on the campus of Scarritt College.^[2]

The Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center on the campus of Vanderbilt University is named in her honor.^[2][4] Her brother, Merrimon Cuninggim, served as a consultant for the center.^[5] Additionally, the annual Cuninggim Lecture on Women in Culture and Society at Vanderbilt University is also named in her honor.^[4] The Margaret Louise Cuninggim Fellowship, a fellowship of US$3,000 given by Alpha Lambda Delta to students each year, is also named in her honor.^[6]