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About Ruth Lilly
Ruth Lilly was an American philanthropist, the last surviving great-grandchild of Eli Lilly, founder of the Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical firm, and heir to the Lilly family fortune. A lifelong resident of Indianapolis, Indiana, Ruth Lilly is estimated to have given away nearly $800 million of her inheritance during her lifetime, mostly in support of the arts, education, health, and environmental causes in Indianapolis and in Indiana.
Everything about Ruth Lilly →- Occupation
- philanthropist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- August 2, 1915
- Died
- December 30, 2009