Ruth Lilly, Heiress to Eli Lilly Fortune, A Great Philanthropist, Dies at 94 years old

According to NPR, USA Today and many other networks, Ruth Lilly died at age 94 on Wednesday

Lilly, the last surviving great-grandchild and heiress of Eli Lilly, was a noted philanthropist.

She gave away an estimated $800 million, which was her inheritance, giving away to many causes including colleges, hospitals, the National Easter Seals Society and a $100 million donation to the Chicago poetry association in 2002.

Her donation currently maintains daily radio poetry readings, a poetry professorship at Indiana University and prestigious annual awards.

Lilly’s inheritance came from her family’s pharmaceutical business, which began in 1876, Eli Lilly & Co.

Lilly, who always lived in extreme wealth, battled with depression for most of her life.

After spending years in a mental hospital and divorced her husband, her brother J.K. Lilly III put her fortune under guardianship.

In 1988 Prozac, the company’s most successful drug, came on the market and according to Lilly’s physician helped her with the depression.

Lilly is survived by five nieces and nephews, 14 great nieces and nephews and 10 great-great nieces and nephews.

California Nursing Schools and Community Colleges Expect High Enrollments

After a decade of steady growth, the economic crisis has led to a spike in applications across all California community colleges. In September and October — one-third of the application period for the spring semester — the number of applicants who made a community college their first choice was already more than 20 percent greater than all of last year. In some fields, like health services, the growth has been even more rapid, as much as 40 percent on some campuses.

Knowing that California is facing a budget issue, interested parties are asking where they will find money to continue to offer these classes.

Parents and students are scared by the bad economic times. “How do you deal with a declining revenue base and more and more students wanting to come?” They are asking. “It is a difficult balance and we worry about it every day.”


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