Tina Fey establishes scholarship in honor of dad
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Tina Fey and her brother have established a scholarship at Philadelphia’s Temple University in memory of their late father.
The actress announced the Donald H. Fey Memorial Scholarship on Wednesday night’s “Tonight Show.”
Her father studied journalism at Temple and graduate in 1966.
David Boardman, dean of Temple’s School of Media and Communication, tells The Philadelphia Inquirer the fund has received some sizable gifts, including from Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon.
Upper Darby native Fey told Fallon the scholarship is targeted toward veterans who attend the school’s media and communication school. Her father, who died in October, served in the Korean War.
She was on the show promoting “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” a comic drama about war reporting starring Fey as a rookie correspondent finding her way.