American Council on Education, and the Phi Beta Kappa Senate, and was appointed by the U.S. President to the Fulbright Board of Foreign Scholarships. Upon her death, the University of Wisconsin named a new building after her. It houses the undergraduate library, known as College Library. Helen C. White Hall sits on the edge of campus near Lake Mendota and is seven stories tall. The English department moved from Bascom Hall to the new building when it opened in September 1971. The library holds White's donation of over 4,000 books. The building also houses the philosophy department, library school, and Cooperative Children's Book Center. Hazel McGrath wrote that "no more fitting monument to one of its most eminent scholars could have been built by the University of Wisconsin". Notes References Sources (Famous Wisconsin Women 6 at Google Books, no text search.) (Wisconsin Women at Google Books, with text search.) Further reading External links American academics of English literature American Roman Catholics University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty William Blake scholars Writing teachers Honorary Officers of the Order of the British Empire Laetare Medal recipients Presidents of the American Association of University Professors Presidents of the American Association of University Women Radcliffe College alumni Writers from Connecticut Writers from Boston Writers from Wisconsin 1896 births 1967 deaths Graduate Women International Place of death missing Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Girls' High School (Boston, Massachusetts) alumni