Corinne and Esther Landa were life-long friends. Corinne was in awe of Esther and all she could do. Corinne Virginia Heller Sweet was born in New York City in 1914 with a silver spoon in her mouth. Her early years were living life in the upper West Side. Her father, Alexander Heller was a wealthy business man in stocks and bonds. All things changed in October 1929. Because of business failure and ill health Alexander and the family moved to San Diego in 1930. Corinne was admitted to Vassar College at age 14 (1928) but was unable to attend due to lack of funds. She enrolled at San Diego State College upon arrival in San Diego and was in her senior year at age 18 when she developed a cancer on her eye which required surgery. After surgery and the required convalescence she was unable to complete her studies and went to work to help support the family. She worked for the San Diego Union newspaper in the society department and also was on the radio. She worked with Art Linkletter at one time. How did she come to Salt Lake City? My father, Leon Jack Sweet, was born in Salt Lake City in 1909. He attended the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, graduating in 1931 and moved back to Salt Lake City to begin working at the family business, Sweet Candy Company. All his plans from his college studies were put to the test during the Depression where the paramount objective was survival, which the company did. Somewhere in the middle 1930’s a local Rabbi in Salt Lake mentioned to Jack that he should take a trip to San Diego and meet a nice young woman named Corinne Heller. He did, and always said it was the most important trip he ever made. Corinne and Jack (he never went by the name Leon which was also his father’s name and who did not like it and always insisted that Leon Jack be called Jack) were married on September 1, 1937 in San Diego and Corinne came to Salt Lake City at the age of 24 not knowing anyone except her immediate family of in-laws. I think the record speaks for itself on what kind of talent she must have had to be involved in so many activities and be involved in starting the organizations she did as well as working on many levels with many organizations both inside and outside the Jewish Faith. Corinne passed away in 1993 at the age of 78.  Read more about her volunteerism and philanthropy in her obituary.