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Josiah Kirby "Joe" Lilly Jr. (September 25, 1893 – May 5, 1966) was a businessman and industrialist who served as president (1948 –53) and chairman of the board (1953–66) of Eli Lilly and Company, the pharmaceutical firm his grandfather, Colonel Eli Lilly, founded in Indianapolis in 1876.
When Josiah Kirby Lilly Jr. was born on 25 September 1893, in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States, his father, Josiah Kirby Lilly Sr., was 31 and his mother, Lilly Marie Ridgely, was 31. He married Ruth Marie Brinkmeyer on 15 October 1914, in Marion, Indiana, United States.
Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr. was a pharmaceutical industrialist and President of Eli Lilly and Company from 1948 to 1953. Lilly, a 1914 graduate of the school of pharmacy at the University of Michigan, was the last family member to run the company.
Sep 18, 2024 · Lilly, Josiah Kirby, 1893-1966. Businessman, philanthropist, collector and Oldfields owner Josiah K. Lilly Jr. was a grandson of Colonel Eli Lilly, founder of the pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly and Company. Lilly collected and commissioned paintings from Frank V. Smith for his estate in Quisset, MA.
The Lilly Correspondence mss., 1919-1954, consists of the correspondence of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., 1893-1966, corporation executive of the Lilly Pharmaceutical Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, with bookdealers and individuals concerning the purchase of books, manuscripts, portraits, and prints.
Jul 22, 2016 · Many items come from the estate of his father, Josiah K. Lilly, Jr. Although both Lilly great-grandchildren gave to their communities generously, J.K. Lilly III seemed determined to do it as anonymously as possible, according to his 1995 obituary.
Josiah Kirby "Joe" Lilly Jr. (September 25, 1893 – May 5, 1966) was a businessman and industrialist who served as president (1948 –53) and chairman of the board (1953–66) of Eli Lilly and Company, the pharmaceutical firm his grandfather, Colonel Eli Lilly, founded in Indianapolis in 1876.
