Scripps was reluctant to support the venture, thinking scientists could not be businesslike. However, he developed a deep friendship with the scientific director, William Emerson Ritter, and together they began to plan projects for the Institute. As the Institute started to succeed, he became an enthusiastic supporter, and took a great interest in its work. In 1921, Scripps founded Science Service, later named the Society for Science & the Public, with the goal of keeping the public informed of scientific achievements. Scripps College is also named in honor of his half-sister, Ellen Browning Scripps, because a large part of its endowment derives from the media fortune they had built. Scripps died at the age of 71 on March 12, 1926 onboard his yacht Ohio as it lay anchored in Monrovia Bay, Liberia. Among his descendants was Samuel H. Scripps (1927 – 2007), grandson, who became a leading philanthropist for theater and dance in America in the late 20th century. See also Samuel H. Scripps – E. W. Scripps' grandson, a philanthropist in theater and dance The Day Book – E. W. Scripps' six year experiment in ad-free journalism References Further reading E. W. Scripps (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1933) by Negley D. Cochran E. W. Scripps and the Business of Newspapers (1999) by Gerald J. Baldasty. . Science Service as one Expression of E. W. Scripps's Philosophy of Life. (Washington, D.C.: Science Service, 1926) by William E. Ritter "Newspaper Man", Time, March 22, 1926 Molly McClain, "The Scripps Family's San Diego Experiment," The Journal of San Diego History 56, nos. 1–2 (2010). Molly McClain, Ellen Browning Scripps: New Money and American Philanthropy (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2017) Archives E. W. Scripps Papers, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections, Ohio University Libraries, Athens, Ohio. Manuscript collection, primarily correspondence. Robert E. Burke Collection. 1892-1994. 60.43 cubic feet (68 boxes plus two oversize folders and one oversize vertical file). Contains material collected by Burke on E.W. Scripps from 1910-1994. At the Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. External links "How Scripps Institution Came To San Diego", The Journal of San Diego History 27:3 (Summer 1981) by Elizabeth N. Shor Scripps, Edward Willis Scripps, Edward Willis Scripps, Edward Willis Scripps, Edward Willis News agency founders Scripps Edward Willis Scripps Edward Willis Society for Science & the Public E.W. The Detroit News people American newspaper chain founders People