Educator, government official. Faculty member, Harvard Business School (1955-1961); special assistant to Senator Benjamin Smith of Massachusetts (1961); staff assistant to President Kennedy (1961-1963); Tariff Commissioner (1963-1967); president, Center for Business-Government Relations (1969-1971); Director, John F. Kennedy Library (1972-1986); faculty member and lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (1976-1980).
Papers (1952-1986) consist of personal and professional papers including materials related to Fenn’s position as a Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy, his appointment to the United States Tariff Commission, and his work as a consultant and a professor of business-government relations.
White House Staff files (1961-1964) relate to Fenn's position as staff assistant to President John F. Kennedy and his involvement in government recruitment.
Oral History interviews include an interview on Recruitment During the Kennedy Administration from 1964[?] (137 pp.), an interview from 1968 (25 pp.), an interview on Poverty and Urban Policy (Brandeis University Conference) from 1973 (423 pp.), and an interview about Fenn's role in the development of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.