The Emeritus Club

The Emeritus Club

Outstanding Alumni of the Class of 1954

DARWIN C. FENNER

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Mr. Fenner is both a 1954 (B.B.A.) and a 1969 graduate (M.B.A.) of the A.B. Freeman School of Business. He attended Princeton University from 1950-52. As a student, he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Naval ROTC.

Mr. Fenner is currently president and CEO of Fenner Investments, LLC. He founded Fenner & Williams Investment Management Company, an investment counseling firm, in 1972. Prior to establishing Fenner & Williams, he worked with Merrill & Lynch, Inc., in New York and Atlanta for ten years (he is the son of the Fenner in Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith), and the International City Bank in New Orleans for three years. He served for several years in the United States Navy as a naval aviator and flight instructor. He served an additional ten years in the United States Navy Reserves.

In 1976, Mr. Fenner was honored as the Freeman School’s Outstanding Alumnus and received the Tulane Association of Business Alumni Achievement Award. In 1996, he was nominated for the Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna of the Year Award. He is presently a member of Tulane’s President’s Council (having served since 1982), the Business School Council, and the Tulane Association of Business Alumni. He is a former member of the Tulane Medical Center’s Board of Governors and the Alumni Association Board of Directors.

Mr. Fenner is the treasurer of the Darwin & Mary Jane Fenner Family Fund. This foundation gives to a host of local charities and non-profit organizations.

Mr. Fenner received the Paul Harris Fellowship from Rotary International and the Silver Beaver Award from the Boy Scouts of America. He was the recipient of the 1992 Cynthia Weddel Award of the American Red Cross.

Mr. Fenner has been deeply involved in many civic and charitable activities, including serving as a board member of the World Trade Center, the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, the New Orleans Institute of Financial Analysts, the Metropolitan Area Committee, the New Orleans Chapter of the Young Men’s Christian Association, the New Orleans Chapter of Boy Scouts of America, the Southeast Louisiana Chapter of the American Red Cross, the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and the Better Business Bureau. He has also served as president of the Rotary Club of New Orleans and chairman of the Greater New Orleans Federation of Churches.

Active socially, Mr. Fenner has been a member of the Stratford Club, the Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans Country Club, the Lakeshore Club, and the Boston Club. He has served as a board member of the City Club, Le Debut des Jeunes Filles de la Nouvelle Orleans, and the Society of Colonial Wars.