Margaret “Margy” Upton Trumbull graduated from Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin, with a B.A. in art history in 1972 and began her involvement with the Toledo Museum of Art in 1972 as a Museum fellow. In this role, Margy taught children and adults in the galleries and gained an extensive knowledge of the Museum collection that she came to love and support.

Margy met her late husband, Scott, at a glassblowing class at TMA and they became Museum members in 1975. They joined the Georgia Welles Apollo Society in 1995 and Margy became a TMA Ambassador in 1981, where she enthusiastically served on numerous committees and strongly encouraged Museum membership within the region. Scott was chief financial officer of Owens-Illinois Inc. and then chief executive of a northeast Indiana industrial firm. He was a member of the Museum’s board of trustees from 2001 to 2003, and again from 2013 to 2020.

A collector of glass art, Margy and Scott co-chaired the Momentum Festival and Juried Glass Competition and Exhibition in 2017. Margy is the granddaughter of Frederick Upton, co-founder of the Whirlpool Corporation, and has supported the Museum generously with major gifts, both of art and an endowment to secure the Brian P. Kennedy Leadership Fellowship. She also supports the Toledo Arts Commission, the Greater Toledo Community Foundation, the University of Toledo, Bowling Green State University, Lourdes College and the Toledo Modern Art Group. 

Margy has three children and eight grandchildren.