Edward C. Elliott

The way that the Amelia Earhart and Purdue Research Foundation and the Purdue University got connected was Amelia had just completed her Atlantic crossing and had become somewhat of an international celebrity.

And she was doing speeches and giving presentations around the country and came across, at the time, Purdue President Edward Elliott, and then captured the imagination of David Ross and Josiah Lilly.

David Ross, he was an incredible Greater Lafayette resident, inventor himself, and very accomplished business person.

And he never had any kids, so his passion was Purdue.