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The Canadays, Ward Murphey and Mariam
Coffin, became residents of Toledo, Ohio in
1916. In 1935 Mr. Canaday took over and
revived the ailing Willys Overland Corporation,
a local car manufacturer, and in 1940 he led
the effort to develop what became its most
famous product, the JEEP. Mrs. Canaday was
a poet, classical scholar and patron of the
arts. They began a program of charitable
giving in 1945, supporting educational and
artistic endeavors at home and abroad. After
their deaths, this tradition was continued by
their family and now is carried on through the
work of The Canaday Family Charitable Trust.
The Trust's current focus on Vermont reflects
the Canadays' long-term attachment to the
state where they spent many summers. That
tradition also was valued and retained by the
family, some of whom have become yearround
residents in the state. A third valued
Canaday tradition that has endured through
subsequent generations is the principle of
partnership, of encouraging differing interests
to work together to achieve a common,
sustainable philanthropic goal.

Photo courtesy of Toledo Lucas County Library
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