Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A couple with deep ties to the Chicago area is donating $11 million to Lurie Children’s Hospital in hopes of speeding research, treatment and diagnosis for children with rare and genetic disorders.

Don and Anne Edwards’ gift will support the Edwards Family Division of Genetics and Rare Diseases. Don Edwards is the founder and executive chairman of Flexpoint Ford, a private equity investment firm focused on financial services.

Don Edwards said his family has experience with genetic disorders and rare diseases. He is also on the board of trustees at Lurie, and was previously chairman of the University of Illinois board of trustees. Anne Edwards is on Lurie’s Founders’ Board, and the couple have three grown children.

“We know how much genetic

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