Heading up planning for the JFK anniversary in Dallas

Chosen in part because of her fund-raising abilities, Ruth Altshuler of the Junior League of Dallas has been tapped to plan the Texas City’s 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 2013. She has held many high profile positions as a member on the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board and the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, for example, and is the first American to receive all three of these national honors: Outstanding Philanthropist of the Year, United Way’s Alexis de Tocqueville Society Award, and the Distinguished Service Award from the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges.