Virginia Weiffenbach Kettering (1907 - 2003) was Dayton, Ohio's leading philanthropist[1] and patron of the arts.

[2] Kettering was born July 15, 1907, in Bellevue, Kentucky, to architect and marble importer Norman and Clara Weiffenbach.

In the 1960s, Kettering and her husband worked to create the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, a pet project of Eugene's.

[5] Kettering provided the impetus to refurbish the Victoria Theatre, a historic building in downtown Dayton.

The Victoria Theatre refurbishment was completed in 1988[5] and the Schuster Performing Arts Center open nearby shortly after her death.

[6] In 1996, Kettering donated $4 million for expansion the Dayton Art Institute and established a $1 million scholarship fund for Wright State University Medical School students who will serve elderly patients in Dayton for two years.