Margaret Cuninggim

Margaret Cuninggim
Born	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	July 4, 1986 St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	University professor
Parent(s)	Jesse Lee Cuninggim
Relatives	Merrimon Cuninggim (brother)

Margaret Cuninggim was an American university professor and administrator. She served as Dean of Women at the University of Tennessee from 1957 to 1966 and at Vanderbilt University from 1966 to 1973. Additionally, she served as the President of the Tennessee Association of Women's Deans from 1958 to 1960. The Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center at Vanderbilt University in named in her honor.

Margaret Louise Cuninggim was born in Nashville, Tennessee. Her father, Jesse Lee Cuninggim, was a Methodist clergyman and the President of Scarritt College for Christian Workers in Nashville. Her brother, Merrimon Cuninggim (1911-1995), was also a Methodist clergyman, and served as the President of Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She graduated from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina in 1936 and went on to earn a Master's degree from Columbia University in New York City in 1947 and a Doctorate of Education from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1958.

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

Cuninggim served as Dean of Women at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee for nine years, from 1957 to 1966. She also served as President of the Tennessee Association of Women's Deans from 1958 to 1960. 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.

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