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JA New York opens with honors

Jewelry organizations WJA, National Jeweler, award industry's best

By Teresa Novellino
July 28, 2008

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New York—As the JA New York Summer Show opened its doors to retail jewelers on Sunday, industry organizations honored some of its luminaries.

The Women's Jewelry Association (WJA) celebrated its own 25th anniversary Sunday evening at the WJA Awards for Excellence Gala cocktail party and awards dinner at Chelsea Piers in New York City.

In addition to looking back at a 25-year history of accomplishments, including its scholarship fund, the WJA awarded Sybil Yurman, president and chief marketing officer of David Yurman, the 2008 Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award.

As she accepted the award, Yurman called husband, David, "her ying to his yang" and stressed the importance of family in the jewelry business.

"It's not very often that you get to do what you love and get to do it with someone you love," she said, adding a thank you to those in the industry who supported the company through the years.

"The jewelry industry is about family and we really couldn't be here without all of you," she said.

Steven Kaiser, president and chief executive officer of Kaiser Time Inc., was named the recipient of The Ben Kaiser Award, which was named for his father.

"My dad was always very grateful for the opportunities he was given in the industry," Kaiser said, adding that his father joined the WJA back in 1983, when the organization first started "and it was not yet hip" to be part of it.

On Saturday evening, National Jeweler's Retailer Hall of Fame inductees were honored, including Alfredo Molina, of Molina Fine Jewelers in Phoenix, in the single-store independent category; Michael Pollak, chief executive officer of Hyde Park Jewelers, in the multi-store independent category; and H. Marvin Beasley, of Helzberg Diamonds, in the majors category.

The JA New York Summer Show, which runs through Wednesday at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, continues today with special offerings, including a series of seminars offered by Jewelers of America, an Indonesian Welcome Reception in the Indonesian pavilion at 1 p.m., the New Designer of the Year Award ceremony in the Designer Lounge at 3 p.m. and the JA New York Show Party at 6 p.m. at Crest, 268 W. 47th St. at 8th Avenue, sponsored by National Jeweler Network and JA New York.
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