 Finnell is currently active in Rotary International and is a past President of his Club in Larchmont, NY (2000–01).Finnell was listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities (1963–64) and Outstanding Young Men of America (1970).He has been honored twice by his alma mater, Manchester College in North Manchester, Indiana, once for his philanthropic activity (1997), and later with an Alumni Award (2002).