Just 33 days until the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council’s (DFWHC) 65th Annual Awards Luncheon, Oct. 24 at the Arlington Convention Center. Tables and tickets are now on sale. To register online, please go to https://aal2013.eventbrite.com/?ref=ecount. You can also download registration information by clicking the graphic below.

DFWHC announced in August it would present the 2013 Distinguished Health Service Award to former Senator Florence Shapiro for her dedication to North Texas healthcare. Serving as the luncheon’s keynote speaker will be Doris Kearns Goodwin, the world-renowned, Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Goodwin’s 2005 work “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln,” was a No. 1 New York Times best seller and made into the 2012 film “Lincoln,” directed by Steven Spielberg and nominated for 12 Academy Awards.

Jessica Rangel O’Neal, vice president of operations of Methodist Dallas Medical Center, will receive the 2013 Young Healthcare Executive of the Year. There will also be the inaugural presentation of the Kerney Laday, Sr. Trustee of the Year Award, named in honor of the long-time board member of Texas Health Resources and Parkland Memorial Hospital.

The luncheon is sponsored in part by Wilson Elser, LLP; GroupOne Services; CampbellWilson, LLP; Konica Minolta and The Dallas Business Journal. For more information, please contact Kristin Alexander or Chris Wilson at 972-719-4900.