Colonel Lilly was an advocate of federal regulation of the pharmaceutical industry, and many of his suggested reforms were enacted into law in 1906, resulting in the creation of the Food and …

Eli Lilly was born July 8, 1838, at Fairmont Plantation on Old Liberty Road in Baltimore, Maryland. Named after his grandfather, he was the first of 11 children born to Gustavus and Esther Kirby …

Eli Lilly and Company founder (July 8, 1838-June 6, 1898). Eli Lilly was born in Maryland but soon thereafter moved with his family to Kentucky and then, in 1852, to Greencastle, Indiana.

Colonel Eli Lilly began a new business in Indianapolis in 1876 manufacturing drugs for wholesale distribution – a business that became Indiana’s most successful start-up.

From his disastrous southern sojourn, Lilly forged a new life as the founder of what became one of the most successful pharmaceutical companies in the world—a firm that still bears his name.

Colonel Eli Lilly is the founder of Eli Lilly and Company, an international pharmaceutical corporation headquartered in Indianapolis. He moved to Indiana in 1852 and attended Indiana …

Feb 21, 2024 · Joe Lilly stepped into the presidency of Lilly in 1943, succeeding his brother Eli. He transformed the company into a wartime production center, manufacturing penicillin and …

Eli Lilly was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 1, 1885, to Josiah K. and Lilly (Ridgely) Lilly. The patriarch of the Lilly family was Col. Eli Lilly, who organized the 18th Indiana Light Artillery …

Eli Lilly and Company creates and delivers innovative medicines that enable people to live longer, healthier and more active lives. Key Dates: 1876: Colonel Eli Lilly starts making ethical drugs …

The company was founded by Colonel Eli Lilly, a pharmaceutical chemist and Union Army veteran of the American Civil War. Lilly served as the company president until his death in 1898. [20] …