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                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                      Washington, D.C. 20549

                           SCHEDULE 13G


            Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                      (Amendment No.  15  )*



                       Eli Lilly and Company                  
                         (Name of Issuer)


                   Common Stock, Without Par Value            
                  (Title of Class of Securities)


                           532457-10-8           
                          (CUSIP Number)


     Check  the following  box if a  fee is being  paid with this
     statement.   (A  fee  is not  required  only if  the  filing
     person:   (1)  has a  previous statement  on file  reporting
     beneficial ownership of more than five percent  of the class
     of  securities described  in Item  1; and  (2) has  filed no
     amendment subsequent thereto reporting  beneficial ownership
     of five percent or less of such class.)
     (See Rule 13d-7.)

     *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled  out for a
     reporting person's initial filing  on this form with respect
     to the subject  class of securities, and  for any subsequent
     amendment  containing  information  which  would  alter  the
     disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

     The information required in the remainder of this cover page
     shall  not  be  deemed to  be  "filed"  for  the purpose  of
     Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or
     otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section of the
     Act but shall be subject to all  other provisions of the Act
     (however, see the Notes).

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CUSIP No.   532457-10-8    

1.   Name of Reporting Person
     S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person
     Lilly Endowment, Inc.
     Federal I.D. No. 35-0868122

2.   Check the appropriate box if a member of a group
     N/A

3.


4.   Citizenship or Place of Organization
     Indiana

5.   Sole Voting Power
     47,715,342

6.   Shared Voting Power
     0

7.   Sole Dispositive Power
     47,715,342

8.   Shared Dispositive Power
     0

9.   Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by each Reporting Person
     47,715,342

10.  Check box  if  the  Aggregate  Amount in  Row  (9)  Excludes
     Certain Shares


11.  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9
     16.3%

12.  Type of Reporting Person
     CO












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Item 1(a).     Name of Issuer.

          Eli Lilly and Company.

Item 1(b).     Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices.

          307 East McCarty Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46225.

Item 2(a).     Name of Person Filing.

          This  statement is  filed by  Lilly Endowment,  Inc., a
not-for-profit corporation organized under  the laws of the State
of Indiana.  Lilly Endowment, Inc.,  is an organization described
in  Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is
a private foundation under Section 509(a) of the Code.

Item 2(b).     Address of Principal Business Office, or, if none,
               Residence.

          The address  of the principal business  office of Lilly
Endowment, Inc.,  is  2801 North Meridian  Street,  Indianapolis,
Indiana 46208.

Item 2(c).     Citizenship.

          Indiana.

Item 2(d).     Title of Class of Securities.

          Common Stock, without par value.

Item 2(e).     CUSIP Number.

          532457-10-8

Item 3.        If   this   statement   is   filed   pursuant   to
               Rules 13d-1(b)  or  13d-2(b),  check  whether  the
               person filing is a:

          (a) [   ] Broker or Dealer registered  under Section 15
                    of the Act

          (b) [   ] Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act

          (c) [   ] Insurance     Company    as     defined    in
                    Section 3(a)(19) of the Act

          (d) [   ] Investment Company registered under Section 8
                    of the Investment Company Act



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          (e) [   ] Investment    Adviser    registered     under
                    Section 203 of the Investment Advisors Act of
                    1940
          (f) [   ] Employee  Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is
                    subject  to the  provisions  of the  Employee
                    Retirement Income  Security  Act of  1974  or
                    Endowment Fund; see { 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)

          (g) [   ] Parent  Holding  Company, in  accordance with
                    Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G)

          (h) [   ] Group,        in       accordance        with
                    Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(H)

          Inapplicable.

Item 4.        Ownership.

          If the percent of the class owned, as of December 31 of
the year covered by the  statement, or as of the last  day of any
month described in Rule 13d-1(b)(2), if applicable,  exceeds five
percent, provide the  following information as  of that date  and
identify those shares which there is a right to acquire.

          The   following   information   is   provided   as   of
December 31, 1994:

Item 4(a).     Amount Beneficially Owned:

          47,715,342.   None  of  such shares  are  deemed to  be
beneficially  owned   by  reason  of  the   possession  of  Lilly
Endowment, Inc., of a right to acquire such shares.

Item 4(b).     Percent of Class:

          16.3%

Item 4(c).     Number of shares as to which such person has:

       (i)     sole power to vote or direct the vote:

               47,715,342

      (ii)     shared power to vote or to direct the vote:

               0

     (iii)     sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition
               of:



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               47,715,342

      (iv)     shared  power   to  dispose   or  to   direct  the
               disposition of:

               0

Item 5.        Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

          If  this statement  is being filed  to report  the fact
that as of the date hereof  the reporting person has ceased to be
the beneficial owner of  more than five  percent of the class  of
securities, check the following  [   ].

Item 6.        Ownership of  More than Five Percent  on Behalf of
               Another Person.

          The two beneficiaries of  a testamentary trust of which
Lilly Endowment, Inc.,  is a trustee have the right to receive or
the  power to  direct  the receipt  of  dividends from,  and  the
proceeds from the sale  of, 768,000 of the shares  reported above
as  beneficially owned by Lilly  Endowment, Inc.   The trust owns
less than  5% of the common  stock of Eli Lilly  and Company that
was outstanding on December 31, 1994.

Item 7.        Identification    and   Classification    of   the
               Subsidiary  which  Acquired  the   Security  Being
               Reported on by the Parent Holding Company.

          Inapplicable.

Item 8.        Identification  and  Classification of  Members of
               the Group.

          Inapplicable.

Item 9.        Notice of Dissolution of Group.

          Inapplicable

Item 10.       Certification.

          Inapplicable.









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                            SIGNATURE

          After  reasonable  inquiry  and   to  the  best  of  my
knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in
this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date:  January 17, 1995         /s/ William M. Goodwin       
                                       Signature

                              William M. Goodwin, Treasurer
                              Lilly Endowment, Inc.          
                                      Name, Title








































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