Where’s Jon Meacham?

07/30/2015

With just days until Jon Meacham was to appear at the DFW Hospital Council’s Annual Awards Luncheon, Oct. 21, 2014, the event was cancelled due to the Ebola crisis. Mr. Meacham told DFWHC he completely understood and offered to speak in 2015 with no penalty fee. And so, DFWHC has taken him up on his offer and he will serve … Read More

DFWHC hosts rescheduled awards luncheon

02/19/2015

The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) hosted its Social and Awards Luncheon today at the Arlington Convention Center with more than 400 attendees turning out to honor Dr. Wright Lassiter with the Distinguished Health Service Award, Carole Young with the Kerney Laday, Sr. Trustee of the Year Award and Becky Tucker as the 2014 Young Healthcare Executive of the Year. The … Read More

DFWHC’s Social and rescheduled awards luncheon set for Feb. 19

01/14/2015

As announced in November, the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) rescheduled its Annual Awards Luncheon for Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 at the Arlington Convention Center. The event was postponed due to the Ebola crisis in the metroplex. The luncheon has been combined with DFWHC’s Annual Social, with a reception beginning at 11:00 a.m. followed by the luncheon and awards from 12:00-1:30 … Read More

Annual Awards Luncheon tickets now on sale

09/26/2014

It is just 25 days until the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council’s (DFWHC) 66th Annual Awards Luncheon, Oct. 21 at the Arlington Convention Center. Tables and tickets are now on sale. To register online, please click here. You can also download registration information by clicking the graphic below. DFWHC announced in August it would present the 2014 Distinguished Health Service Award … Read More

Carole Young to receive Kerney Laday, Sr. Trustee Award

09/03/2014

The Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council (DFWHC) has announced Carole Young, board member of HCA’s Medical City Dallas Hospital, as the 2014 Kerney Laday, Sr. Trustee of the Year, an award presented to a North Texas hospital board member who has exhibited exceptional quality and compassion. Young will be honored during DFWHC’s Annual Awards Luncheon, October 21 at Arlington Convention Center. … Read More

Dr. Wright Lassiter to receive Distinguished Health Service Award

08/25/2014

Known to North Texas residents as “Mr. Public Servant,” Dr. Wright Lassiter, Jr. has been chosen by the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council (DFWHC) as the 2014 recipient of the Distinguished Health Service Award. The honor will be presented during DFWHC’s Annual Awards Luncheon, October 21 at the Arlington Convention Center. Dr. Lassiter entered the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) … Read More

Jon Meacham to serve as luncheon keynote speaker

08/22/2014

In his recent bestseller “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power,” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham described Jefferson as a man in a rapidly changing world who was a master of compromise. In support of the theme “The Art of Good Healthcare,” Meacham has been chosen as the keynote speaker for the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council’s (DFWHC) 66th Annual Awards Luncheon, … Read More

Annual Awards Luncheon tickets now on sale

09/20/2013

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 … Read More

New trustee award named in honor of Kerney Laday, Sr.

08/19/2013

The Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council (DFWHC) announced today the creation of a new trustee award to be presented for the first time at the Annual Awards Luncheon, October 24 at Arlington Convention Center. The award will be named in memory of Kerney Laday, Sr., who served on the Texas Health Resources Board of Trustees for 10 years. He was chair … Read More