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- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. abstract "Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr. (September 25, 1893–May 5, 1966) was a pharmaceutical industrialist and president of Eli Lilly and Company from 1948 to 1953. Lilly attended the Holderness School in Plymouth, New Hampshire and the Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Lilly, a 1914 graduate of the school of pharmacy at the University of Michigan, was the last family member to run the company. He was the son of Josiah K. Lilly, Sr. of Lilly Ridgely Lilly. His father also headed the family business. He married Ruth Brinkmeyer and had 2 children, Ruth Lilly (1915–2009) and Josiah Kirby Lilly III (1916–1995).Lilly was known for his philanthropic activities, such as Eagle Creek Park. He was a founder of the Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. along with his father and his brother Eli Lilly, which has become one of the largest private foundations in the United States. He was also a prolific collector of rare books and manuscripts, gold, antique weaponry, stamps, and military miniatures.Lilly was a book collector and a member of the Grolier Club. He acquired a First Folio of the works of William Shakespeare, a Gutenberg Bible, the double elephant folio of John James Audubon's Birds of America, the first printing of the American Declaration of Independence (the Dunlap Broadside), and a first edition of Edgar Allan Poe's Tamerlane. He acquired ninety-four of the \"Grolier Hundred,\" one-hundred volumes important in the history of printed books. Lilly \"owned first edition of thousands of the most significant books of literature, history, and science, and his manuscripts ranged from a holograph of Robert Burns's \"Auld Lang Syne\" to the original manuscript of James M. Barrie's Peter Pan.\" He decided to keep his collection together and donate it to Indiana University. He approached the university in November 1954 and the university announced the donation on January 8, 1956. Lilly donated 20,000 books and 17,000 manuscripts. The collection was housed in its own building at Bloomington, the Lilly Library, which was dedicated October 3, 1960.Through the Lilly Endowment, J.K. Lilly funded the creation of the Bibliography of American Literature, which published its first volume in 1955.He died at Oldfields, his home in Indianapolis, Indiana.His son J.K. Lilly III was also a philanthropist and gave money to community projects in the Cape Cod area.Eli (Ted) Lilly II is the son of J.K. Lilly III and grandson of J.K. Lilly. Lilly maintains a low profile in the Indianapolis area.".
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. almaMater University_of_Michigan.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. birthDate "1893-09-25".
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. birthPlace Indianapolis.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. birthYear "1893".
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. board Lilly_Endowment.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. child Josiah_Kirby_Lilly_III.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. child Ruth_Lilly.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. citizenship United_States.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. deathDate "1893-09-25".
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. deathPlace Indianapolis.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. deathYear "1893".
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. ethnicity Swedes.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. knownFor Pharmaceutical_drug.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. knownFor Philanthropy.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. nationality United_States.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. occupation Business_magnate.
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- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. parent Josiah_K._Lilly,_Sr..
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. party Republican_Party_(United_States).
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- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. religion Methodism.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. residence Indianapolis.
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- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. successor Eugene_N._Beesley.
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- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. title "President ofEli Lilly & co.".
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- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. wikiPageWikiLinkText "J. K. Lilly, Jr.".
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. wikiPageWikiLinkText "Josiah K. Lilly, Jr.".
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. after Eugene_N._Beesley.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. almaMater University_of_Michigan.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. before Eli_Lilly_(industrialist).
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. birthDate "1893-09-25".
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. birthPlace Indianapolis.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. boards Lilly_Endowment.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. caption "Lilly in 1913.".
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. children "Josiah Kirby Lilly III and Ruth Lilly".
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. citizenship United_States.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. deathDate "1893-09-25".
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. deathPlace Indianapolis.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. ethnicity Swedes.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. knownFor Pharmaceutical_drug.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. knownFor Philanthropy.
- Josiah_K._Lilly,_Jr. name "Josiah K. Lilly Jr.".