DAYTON — Oscar Boonshoft, one of the Miami Valley’s major philanthropists, died Monday, March 22, at his home in Kettering. He was 92.

Over the years, he donated more than $60 million to the local community.

Among the institutions that bear his name are the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, the Marjorie and Oscar Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture and Education, the Boonshoft Center for Medical Sciences at Kettering College of Medical Arts and the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University.

“He was just a great guy, quiet and unassuming,” said Mark Light, former president of the Victoria Theatre Association. “He had a small economic footprint on a personal level and an enormous, huge footprint from a philanthropic standpoint.”

Mark Meister, president and CEO of Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, said his museum’s benefactor wanted to see the impact of what was being done. “He was extremely bright, and his philosophy about giving was that he wanted to see things happen while he was alive.”

A native of New York City, Mr. Boonshoft worked as a project engineer for more than 30 years at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and later engaged in active speculative trading of commodity futures contracts. His gifts, he once said, “make me poorer in money wealth, but very much richer knowing what I’ve accomplished.”

Mr. Boonshoft served on a number of community boards. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marjorie, and is survived by four children and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be private, and a memorial service will be held at a future date.