Eli Lilly (industrialist)

Eli Lilly was a pharmaceutical industrialist and philanthropist from Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Under his vision and leadership, Eli Lilly and Company, founded by his grandfather, grew from a successful, familyowned business into a modern corporation and industry leader. Lilly served as the company president , chairman of the board of directors , and honorary chairman of the board .

On August 29, 1907, Lilly married his high school sweetheart, Evelyn Fortune, and moved to a modest home atEast Eleventh Street in Indianapolis. Within a few years they had moved to other houses on Indianapoliss north side, not far from his parents home. Lilly and his first wife had two sons, one born in 1908 and the other in 1910, but both died in infancy. A daughter, Evelyn was born on September 25, 1918. In 1926 the Lillys marriage ended in divorce. Lillys exwife moved to Massachusetts and was awarded custody of their daughter. Over the years Lilly provided financial support and maintained contact with his daughter, who also spent time with her father in Indianapolis and at Lake Wawasee. Lillys daughter, who had no children of her own, died of cancer on April 5, 1970.

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