A memorial service was held June 1, 1974 in Houghton Memorial Chapel on the Wellesley campus. Honorary degrees and awards Margaret Clapp's doctoral dissertation at Columbia grew into the biography Forgotten First Citizen: John Bigelow published in 1947 and winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. Clapp received honorary degrees from Smith College in 1949 and Wheaton College in 1960. In 1970, she received an honorary doctorate from Wellesley College. Wellesley College's library was renamed the Margaret Clapp Library in 1974, in honor of Clapp. Books Forgotten First Citizen: John Bigelow (Little, Brown, 1947) The Modern University (Cornell University Press, 1950), edited by Clapp Margaret Clapp's Chapel Talks: a sampling (Wellesley College, 1980) See also List of covers of Time magazine (1940s) – Clapp was on the cover October 10, 1949 References External links 1910 births 1974 deaths East Orange High School alumni Presidents of Wellesley College Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography winners Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Columbia University alumni Columbia University faculty Wellesley College alumni People from East Orange, New Jersey Place of death missing Brooklyn College faculty American biographers American women biographers 20th-century American women Women heads of universities and colleges 20th-century American academics