Her appointment was hailed as ""[combining] intellectual distinction, a fine eloquence, and academic experience with the force of character and sympathy which the post demands."" The Graduate (Middle Common Room, or "MCR") accommodation building at Somerville College is called 'Margery Fry House' in her honour. Somerville College Library holds a collection of her correspondence and papers. She was also a governor of the BBC from 1937 to 1938 and a participant in The Brains Trust series starting in 1942. The Fry Housing Trust was established in 1959, in memory of Margery Fry. In 1990, the Margery Fry Award was established in her honour.