AGS Honors the Ben Bridge Family with Lifetime Achievement Award

Rob Bates

(IDEX Online News) – The American Gem Society (AGS) honored the Bridge Family of Ben Bridge Jeweler with a Lifetime Achievement Award at its recent 2012 Circle of Distinction Dinner. Also honored at the event were Rob Bates, senior editor of JCK Magazine, and Mark Moeller, CGA, owner of R.F. Moeller Jeweler, who both received Triple Zero Awards.

The Lifetime Achievement Award was instituted to honor those who have made significant contributions to the industry throughout their career while the Triple Zero Award was established to recognize members of the industry for their accomplishments and contributions.

“Receiving the Lifetime Achievement award from the American Gem Society is a wonderful honor for the Bridge family,” said Ed Bridge, president, Ben Bridge Jewelers “It’s particularly meaningful to be recognized by the AGS; an organization that we believe in deeply and have been a member of for over 40 years.”

“This is a wonderful honor, particularly coming from the American Gem Society, an organization which I have long admired, which for 75 years has stood for educating the jeweler, as well as the consumer, and the highest ethics and standards in our industry,” said Bates.