Los Angeles Times; Los Angeles CA; 1999-10-13

Thomas H. Lake, 80, former president of the drug manufacturer Eli Lilly
and Co. and its Lilly Endowment.  The son of a Pennsylvania coal miner,
Lake earned a bachelor's degree in pharmacy and chemistry at Temple
University.  He served in the Army during World War II, attaining the
rank of major.  Lake joined the Indianapolis-based drug company in 1946
as a salesman and served on the board of directors from 1965 to 1989.
He was president of the company from 1973 to 1976.  From 1977 to 1992,
Lake also was chairman of the Lilly Endowment, one of the largest private
foundations in the country, and was its president from 1977 to 1984.
On Sunday in Indianapolis.


Washington Post, Washington, D.C. - October 13, 1999

Thomas H. Lake
Pharmaceutical Executive

Thomas H. Lake, 80, who served as president of the giant Eli Lilly & Co. 
pharmaceutical organization from 1973 to 1976, who also chaired the Lilly 
Endowment from 1977 to 1992, died Oct. 10 in Indianapolis.  The cause of 
death was not reported.

Mr. Lake, who served as the foundation's president from 1977 to 1984, was a 
member of the company's board of directors from 1965 to 1989.  He began his 
career with the drug company in 1946 in sales.

The son of a Saltsburg, PA, coal miner, Mr. Lake received his bachelor's 
degree in pharmacy and chemistry from Temple University in 1941.  He served 
in the Army in World War II, rising to the rank of major.