March 28, 2024
BANGOR DAILY NEWS (BANGOR, MAINE

Lilly in full bloom

I read with interest Jenna Russell’s article [BDN, Dec. 21-22, “EMMC to participate in humanities seminar.”] It is truly woth noting that the endowment organization that helped fund this grant should not have read Lily but “Lilly,” the name of the Indianapolis family who in 1876 founded the present-day research-based pharmaceutical company known as Eli Lilly and Co.

In 1937, family members created the Lilly Endowment as an independent, philanthropic organization. Since then, hundreds of millions of dollars have been granted over the years to community, educational and religious interests.

I was happy to read that people in Bangor received benefit from its endeavors. George F. Splane Sales area representative Eli Lilly and Co. Bangor


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