The Gemological Institute of America's annual League of Honor dinner was held Oct. 23 at New York's Plaza hotel. This year's inductees are Harshad Mehta of Rosy Blue N.V.; Koichi Takahashi of Rosy Blue Fine Inc.; the De Beers Group; David S. Kwiat and Jacques Roisen, both of Kwiat, Roisen, and Ferman; Toros Kejijian and Toros Z. Kejijian, both of Tycoon Cut Diamonds; Pankaj and Kaushik Mehta, both of Eurostar Diamond Traders; Esther Fortunoff Greene and Ruth Fortunoff Cooper, both of Fortunoff Fine Jewelry; Dr. Edward J. Gübelin; William George Shuster of JCK magazine and The JCK Shows; The Kazanjian Foundation; and Susan Fortgang, Ph.D., of M. Fabrikant & Sons.
Terry Burman, CEO of Sterling Jewelers Inc., and Shmuel Schnitzer of M. Schnitzer & Co. were dinner chairs.
G. Robert Crowningshield, former vice president of GIA Gem Trade Laboratory was recognized and honored with
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