Sereno Peck Fenn

Sereno Peck Fenn

Infobox_Celebrity
name = Sereno Peck Fenn

|Sereno Peck Fenn
birth_date = birth date|1844|4|25|mf=y
birth_place = Tallmadge, Ohio, U.S.A
death_date = death date and age|1927|1|3|1844|4|25|mf=y
death_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A
occupation = Founder of Sherwin-Williams

Sereno Peck Fenn (April 25, 1844 – January 3, 1927) was a paint magnate. He was one of three principal founders of the Sherwin-Williams Company. Fenn College was named after him in 1930. A bequest of $100,000 was left to Fenn College, which is now named Cleveland State University. Fenn is buried in the Lake View Cemetery. Fenn was also president of the Cleveland YMCA for 25 years.

External links

* [http://www.csuohio.edu/clevelandstater/Archives/Vol%201/Issue%2017/highlights/highlights1.html Where, oh where, did the Fenn money go?]
* [http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=FSP1 Encyclopedia of Cleveland History:FENN, SERENO PECK]
* [http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=woodrow_wilson&id=I1148 Information about Fenn]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5368 Fenn on Findagrave.com]


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