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AGS announces Circle of Distinction winners

June 03, 2008

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Las Vegas—The American Gem Society (AGS) will honor industry leaders John J. Kennedy, Hugh Glenn and Anna Martin at its Ninth Annual Circle of Distinction Dinner at New York City's Rainbow Room on July 29.

Kennedy, president of the Jewelers' Security Alliance (JSA), will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award, one of the highest honors an individual can receive from the AGS.

An attorney who joined the JSA full time in 1992, Kennedy held prior posts in government, academia and law enforcement, including assistant commissioner and deputy general counsel of the New York City Department of Investigation.

Since joining the gem and jewelry industry, Kennedy has worked with police departments and the FBI to help the JSA's 20,000 members avoid burglary, robbery and theft. He has become a frequent lecturer on jewelry security at trade shows, conventions and large jewelry firms, and authored several pieces for trade publications on the subject. He co-wrote the JSA's Manual of Jewelry Security and manages the organization's Web site.

A 15-year member of the Security Systems Council of Underwriters Laboratories Inc., Kennedy has also served as secretary of New York City's 24 Karat Club since 2002.

He was named Person of the Year by JCK magazine in 2001 and the Consolidated Jewelers Association of Greater New York's 2002 Man of the Year.

Glenn, former owner of the Hugh Glenn Corp., and Martin, senior vice president and regional manager, Americas, of ABN AMRO Bank's International Diamonds, Jewelry and Precious Metals Group, will be honored with Triple Zero Awards. The Triple Zero Awards are named after the highest grade a diamond can receive in AGS nomenclature.

Glenn, whose namesake company was the U.S. distributor for Cyma Swiss watches, joined the industry in 1966, when Zale Corp.in New York hired him as a watch buyer.

A director of Jewelers Mutual Insurance Co., Glenn launched the Sequoia jewelry collection with designer Yves Kamioner eight years ago. His service in the trade has included terms as president of the 24 Karat Club of New York and chairman of the JSA.

Martin has spent the majority of her 40-year career with ABN AMRO Bank working with the diamond and jewelry industries. She helped expand ABN AMRO's involvement in the industry from financier to a small number of New York-based diamond dealers to its position as the largest financial products and services provider to the diamond and jewelry industry.

The past president of the Women's Jewelry Association (WJA), Martin still serves on its board, as well as the Jewelers Board of Trade, the Gemological Institute of America's board of governors and the Jewelers for Children board. Martin was inducted into the 24 Karat Club of America and the U.S. Diamond Industry Steering Committee's Hall of Fame and won the WJA's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.

"Each of these winners embodies a spirit of service and leadership both within and outside the gem and jewelry industry," AGS Chief Executive Officer and Director Ruth Batson said in a media release. "We share those values with John, Hugh and Anna, and will be honored to induct them into the American Gem Society's prestigious Circle of Distinction this summer."

For tickets to the Circle of Distinction dinner, contact Peggy Campbell at (866) 805-6500 ext. 1005 or pcampbell@ags.org.

The AGS, founded in 1934 by Robert Shipley, is a non-profit trade association dedicated to proven ethics, knowledge and consumer protection within the jewelry industry, and is the international professional organization for all Registered Jewelers, Certified Gemologists, Certified Gemologist Appraisers and Independent Certified Gemologist Appraisers.

For more information about the AGS, call (866) 805-6500 or visit its Web site, Americangemsociety.org.
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