I te tau 1967, ka mutu a McClintock i tana tūranga i te Carnegie Institution, ā, ka whakaingoatia ia hei mema o te Carnegie Institution of Washington. I āhei ia ki te mahi tonu me ngā ākonga paetahi me ngā hoa mahi i te Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory hei kaipūtaiao emerita; i noho ia i te taone. I te tau 1973 i tuhi ia i tana whakatau i te 20 tau ki mua kia mutu te whakaputa i ngā kōrero taipitopito o tana mahi i runga i ngā huānga whakahaere: Pātai: I te wā i reti ai a McClintock?
Ko te tau 1967