Blog Posts

  • Rob Corcoran and His Break

    Rob Corcoran’s fledgling real estate business was about to take a dramatic turn. A chance phone call would lead Influence Real Estate to an unexpected, and highly successful, opportunity.

  • Elizabeth Hammond Medical Research

    In 1977, Liz had a new baby boy and the prospects of a promising career, launched by a recent appointment as assistant professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School. But family considerations necessitated a move from Boston to Salt Lake City, where Liz joined the staffs of LDS Hospital and the University of Utah Medical School. It was a difficult move.

  • Saving For Mommy

    Dixie Edwards was three years old in 1942 when she got sick with polio. She was put in quarantine in a hospital, isolated from other patients and her family. Her parents were allowed to view her through a one-way mirror: Dixie’s parents could see her, but she couldn’t see her parents. (Parent visitation of a hospitalized child was very restricted at that time). A microphone near the mirror allowed Dixie’s parents to hear her speak. Dixie tells a story about one of those through-the-mirror visits…

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