Awards

Presidents Circle Laurel Pin - 2024

Benefactor

Bicentennial Medal - 2020

IU Indianapolis Spirit of Philanthropy Award - 2017

About Edgar E. Fehnel

Ed Fehnel and his wife, Dottie, have been generous philanthropists to IUPUI. The couple established the Fehnel Family Fine Arts Scholarship and the Fehnel Family Foundation International Study Scholarship in 2008. In 2011, they established the Holly Fehnel Heck Art Therapy Fellowship in honor of their daughter -- the first named endowed fellowship for the Herron School of Art and Design.

In memory of his beloved wife, Ed Fehnel established the Dorothy "Dottie" Fehnel Memorial Scholarship to directly support the continuing education of women whose studies were interrupted by extenuating circumstances. This endowed scholarship will provide funding to three female part-time students re-enrolling at IUPUI who previously could not complete their studies.

In 2020, Edgar Fehnel was presented the Bicentennial Medal in recognition of his distinguished service to Indiana University.