On Jan. 9, 1978, the Dallas Hospital Council officially became the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council as the hospitals of DFW joined together as a single entity. The press conference to announce the new collaboration was held at the old Fort Worth Press Club. Shown in the photo below are (l to r) Ron Smith, Harris Hospital Methodist; Bill Poteet and Claude Rainey, Fort Worth Osteopathic Hospital; Stan Hupfield, All Saints Episcopal Hospital; Rex McRae, Arlington Memorial Hospital; C. Jack Price, Parkland Hospital; John Gavras, DFWHC; Gene Deutcher, JPS Hospital; and Charles Cooper, Gaston Episcopal Hospital.