Medical Research: Elizabeth Hammond, MD
As a little girl growing up during the 1940’s, Liz knew she wanted to be a doctor. She met resistance in some quarters, however, with a demoralizing message: women can be nurses or teachers, but women are not doctors. Fighting the odds, Liz decided she wouldn’t let others define what she could and couldn’t do.
The Break: Rob Corcoran
The phone call was last minute, inconvenient and seemingly a waste of time. Three months later, however, that phone call would be the key to a huge break for Rob and his company.
Medical Research
Stories of a group of pioneering researchers at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, who made remarkable contributions to the advancement of medicine.
The Break
What leads to success? Luck? Genes? An inheritance? Those certainly come in handy! But for some people, all they need is the opportunity: a break: These stories examine people who were ready when the opportunity came.
About
The Rest is History” was created by Becky Lloyd to share some of the hundreds of stories she’s collected through her work as an oral historian. Becky started her career at the University of Utah American West Center in 2001. She’s completed projects with World War II veterans, polio survivors, and medical researchers at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, among other topics. Becky is interested in documenting the stories of a variety of people, places and events.
Website design by Brandon Evans.