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SoCal 24K club to honor Herb Bridge

April 10, 2008

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Beverly Hills, Calif.—Herbert Bridge of Ben Bridge Jeweler, based in Seattle, will receive an Excellence in Service Award from the Jewelers 24-Karat Club of Southern California at a celebration this fall.

The award, presented to a noteworthy individual or individuals annually since 1998, will be presented on Sept. 13, at the Beverly Hills Hilton in the Crystal Ballroom, also the date of the club's annual dinner-dance.

"Herb exemplifies the qualities we look for in an honoree," said incoming club president Donna Phelan, of Wachovia Securities, in a press release issued on Wednesday. "He is a true leader and a visionary in the jewelry industry, the Navy and civic service. Herb built a family jewelry store into a business even Warren Buffet admired. Promoting the highest ethical standards, he encouraged his associates to become educated in gemology and was a driving force in building the American Gem Society."

Best known in the industry for his leadership of the Seattle-based Ben Bridge Jeweler, Bridge's additional achievements include being a successful businessman, a naval officer in two wars, as well as a Seattle civic leader and philanthropist who has been referred to as "Mr. Downtown," the release said.

Bridge's 41-year career in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Naval Reserve culminated in his becoming a rear admiral. He and his brother Robert took over Ben Bridge Jewelers from their father, building it to a chain of more than 70 stores. The retail jewelry chain is now a subsidiary of Warren Buffet's holding company Berkshire Hathaway, with the Bridge brothers serving as co-chairmen.

The dinner-dance and award presentation will also include a silent auction, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting Jewelers for Children and the Gemological Institute of America Career Fair.

The club's next general meeting is slated for April 21, while its installation meeting for new club president, Phelan, is slated for June 8 at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif.

For tickets, sponsorship, information or to participate in the silent auction or dinner-dance, contact the club's executive director Jack Woolf by e-mail at 24ktclub@sbcglobal.net or call (714) 970-0564.
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