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Eli Lilly was an American Union Army officer, pharmacist, chemist, and businessman who founded Eli Lilly and Company. Lilly enlisted in the Union Army during the American Civil War and recruited a com
Lilly in 1885
A photo of Lilly's first laboratory building in 1876 with Lilly and his son Josiah K. Lilly Sr. on the right side of the doorway
An 1886 drawing of Lilly's plant on McCarty Street
The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Indianapolis, the largest outdoor memorial in Indiana
Eli Lilly, sometimes referred to as Eli Lilly Jr. to distinguish him from his grandfather of the same name, was an American pharmaceutical industrialist and philanthropist from Indianapolis, Indiana.
Eli Lilly
…pharmaceutical corporations in the world, and the largest corporation in Indiana. Using the wealth generated by the company, his son, J. K., and grandsons, Eli Jr. and Josiah Jr. (Joe), established the Lilly Endowment in 1937. It remains as one of the largest charitable benefactors in the world and continues the…
Lilly, the third president of Eli Lilly and Company