Frank Elliot Ball (1857 - 1943), was an U.S. can & jar businessman and co-introducer & co-eponym of Ball jar 1886; brother of Edmund Ball and member of the Ball Brothers. Ball State University's Elliot Hall is named for him. Wikipedia
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