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Josiah Kirby Lilly Sr. (November 18, 1861 – February 8, 1948), nicknamed "J. K.," was an American businessman, pharmaceutical industrialist, and philanthropist who became president and chairman of the board of Eli Lilly and Company, the pharmaceutical firm his father, Colonel Eli Lilly, founded in 1876. Josiah, the colonel's sole ...
Josiah Kirby (J. K.) Lilly Sr. Businessman and philanthropist. (Nov. 18, 1861-Feb. 8, 1948). Son of COL. ELI LILLY and his first wife Emily Lemon Lilly, Josiah Kirby (J. K.) Lilly Sr. was only 5 years old when his mother died. Maria Cynthia Sloan became his stepmother, three years later, in 1869.
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.
It was founded in 1937 by Josiah K. (J. K.) Lilly Sr. and his sons, Eli Jr. and Josiah Jr. (Joe), with an initial gift of Eli Lilly and Company stock valued at $280,000 USD ($4,616,759 in 2015 chained dollars). As of 2020, its total assets were worth $21 billion.
In 1940 Josiah K. Lilly Sr. began to collect family relics, mementos, Bibles, genealogies, and other family writings to be retained in an archive.
Josiah K. Lilly Correspondence, Foster Hall Collection, Center for American Music, University of Pittsburgh. Biography. The Foster Hall Collection was founded, not by a Pittsburgher or a musician, but by an Indianapolis manufacturer, Josiah Kirby Lilly, Sr. Through his generosity, the collection was presented to the University of Pittsburgh, to ...
Eli Lilly (center) broached the idea to his father, Josiah Kirby (J.K.) Lilly, Sr. (left), and his younger brother, J.K. Lilly, Jr. (right). In a 1967 memo, Eli Lilly recalled, “I suggested … that we should form such an organization if we wanted to continue the family tradition of being generous in public affairs.”
