Cornelius Wesley Pettinga

Background

Pettinga, Cornelius Wesley was born on November 10, 1921 in Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States. Son of R.C. and Adrianna (Landaal) Pettinga.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Hope College, 1942; postgraduate, Syracuse University, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Iowa State College, 1949; Doctor of Science with honors, Hope College, 1985; Doctor of Science (honorary), Indiana U., 1988.

Career

With, Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, 1949-1986; vice president research, development and control, Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, 1964-1970; vice president, assistant to president, Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, 1970-1972; executive vice president, Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, 1972-1986; board directors, Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, 1966-1986; consultant business & technical, Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, since 1987.

Achievements

• Cornelius Wesley Pettinga has been listed as a noteworthy pharmaceutical company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board overseers Sweet Briar College. Trustee, board governors, finance committee, executive committee Indianapolis Museum Art. Board directors Hanover College.

Trustee Park-Tudor School, Coe College. Member corporation visiting committee department nutrition and food science Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Member Purdue Research Foundation With United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945.

Member American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Indiana Academy of Sciences, Business Committee for Arts, Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce (new business development committee), Sigma Xi. Clubs: Lambs (Indianapolis), University (Indianapolis), Woodstock (Indianapolis), Meridian Hills Country (Indianapolis). Piedmont (Lynchburg, Virginia).

John's Island (Vero Beach, Florida).

Connections

Married Yvonne Imogene Svoboda, December 22, 1943. Children– Julie, Steven, Mark, Tom, Jennifer.

Father:

R.C. Pettinga

Mother:

Adrianna (Landaal) Pettinga

Spouse:

Yvonne Imogene Svoboda

child:

Mark Pettinga

child:

Tom Pettinga

child:

Steven Pettinga

child:

Jennifer Pettinga

child:

Julie Pettinga