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MAJORS:
Robert Wexler, Tourneau
New York
2003  
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT:  
Nick Greve, Carl Greve Jewelers
Portland, Oregon 
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT: 
Clayton Bromberg, Underwood Jewelers
Jacksonville, Florida 
MAJORS:
Ed Bridge, Ben Bridge Jeweler
Seattle
2002  
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT: 
Carolyn Pope, Crews Jewelry
Grandview, Missouri 
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT:
Lauren Kulchinsky, Mayfair Jewelers
Woodbury, New York 
MAJORS:
Terry Burman, Signet Jewelers
Akron, Ohio 
2001  
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT: 
Cosmo Altobelli, Altobelli Jewelers
Burbank, California 
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT: 
Terry Call, Call Jewelers
Boise, Idaho and Phoenix 
MAJORS:
William R. Chaney, Tiffany & Co.
New York
2000
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT: 
Lester Lampert, Lester Lampert
Chicago 
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT: 
Jeff Corey, Day’s Jewelers
Waterville, Maine 
MAJORS:
Randy McCullough, Samuels Jewelers
Austin, Texas
1999 
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT: 
Al Solomon, Solomon Jewelers
Albertson, New York 
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT: 
Stanley Pollack, G. M. Pollack & Sons  
Scarborough, Maine 
MAJORS:
Ralph Destino, Cartier
New York 
1998  
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT: 
Arnold Bockstruck, Bockstruck Jewelers
St. Paul, Minnesota 
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT: 
Esther Fortunoff, Fortunoff Fine Jewelry
Westbury, New York 
MAJORS:
Herbert Bridge, Ben Bridge Jeweler
Seattle 
1997  
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT: 
Susan Jacques, Borsheims
Omaha, Nebraska 
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT: 
Hank Siegel, Hamilton Jewelers
Princeton, New Jersey
MAJORS:
Russell Cohen, Carlyle & Co.
Greensboro, North Carolina 
1996  
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT: 
Mark Moeller, R.F. Moeller Jeweler
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota  
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT: 
James Clark, B. C. Clark Inc.
Oklahoma City 
MAJORS: 
Howard Sherwood, Daniel’s Jewelers
Culver City, California
MAJORS: 
Robert Keller, Wedlo Inc.
Birmingham, Alabama 
1995
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT: 
Philip Minsky, Wyman Jewelers
Stoughton, Massachusetts 
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT: 
John Michaels, Michaels Jewelers
Waterbury, Connecticut 
MAJORS: 
Nathan Light, Sterling Jewelers
Akron, Ohio
1994  
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT: 
Sunny and Lenny Friedman,
Sarah Leonard Fine Jewelers
Los Angeles 
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT: 
Alvin Fink, Fink’s Jewelers
Roanoke, Virginia 
MAJORS: 
Juell Kadet, Rogers Enterprises
Matteson, Illinois
1993  
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT: 
William Farmer Jr., Farmer’s Jewelry
Lexington, Kentucky 
PAST INDUCTEES

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