Dorothy J. Killam

Dorothy J. Killam
Photograph of Dorothy J. Killam
Born
Dorothy Ruth Brooks Johnston

1900
DiedJuly 26, 1965 (aged 64–65)
Resting placeHalifax, Nova Scotia
NationalityCanadian
OccupationPhilanthropist
Known forEstablishment of the Killam Trusts for higher education in Canada
SpouseIzaak Walton Killam (1922–1955)

Dorothy J. Killam (née Dorothy Ruth Brooks Johnston; 1900 – 26 July 1965) was an American-born Canadian philanthropist. She was the wife of Canadian financier Izaak Walton Killam. When he died in 1955 she inherited his fortune and continued to build it until her own death 10 years later. She engaged in philanthropic activity during her lifetime and left her estate to a number of Canadian educational and research institutions.