Retailer Hall of Fame Past Inductees
Since 1989, National Jeweler’s "Retailer Hall of Fame," has recognized jewelers who have inspired their peers and made significant contributions to jewelry retailing. See our past inductees below.
2024
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Craig & Judd Rottenberg, Massachusetts & New Hampshire
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Ronald Leitzel & Tonia Leitzel Ulsh, Mountz Jewelers, Pennsylvania
MAJORS
Gina Drosos, Signet Jewelers
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
John Kennedy, retiring president of the Jewelers' Security Alliance
2023
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Holly Wesche, Wesche Jewelers, Florida
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Ingrid & Stan Razny, Razny Jewelers, Illinois
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Candy Udell, London Jewelers, New York
2022
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Jennifer Gandia and Christina Gandia Gambale, Greenwich St. Jewelers, New York City
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Paul Schneider and Lauren Eulau, Twist, Portland, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Harvey and Maddy Rovinsky, Bernie Robbins Jewelers, Pennsylvania and New Jersey
2021
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Dan and Hope Wixon, Wixon Jewelers, Minneapolis
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Terry Betteridge, Betteridge Jewelers, Greenwich, Connecticut; Palm Beach, Florida; and Vail and Aspen, Colorado
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Marie Helene Reinhold, Reinhold Jewelers, San Juan and Ponce, Puerto Rico
National Jeweler did not induct new members into the Retailer Hall of Fame in 2020.
2019
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Cathy Calhoun, Calhoun Jewelers, Royersford, Pennsylvania
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
David and Julia Gardner, David Gardner’s Jewelers & Gemologists, College Station, Texas
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Steve and Judy Padis, Padis Jewelry, San Francisco, California
2018
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Dror and Helene Zadok, Zadok Jewelers, Houston, Texas
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Cathy Tivol, Tivol, Kansas City, Missouri
MAJORS
Pam Mortensen, J. C. Penney, Dallas, Texas
2017
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
John Henne, Henne Jewelers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Sissy Jones, Sissy’s Log Cabin, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
MAJORS
Jean-Christophe Bédos, Birks Group Inc., Montreal, Canada
*National Jeweler did not induct new members into the Retailer Hall of Fame in 2013, 2014, 2015 or 2016.
*National Jeweler did not induct new members into the Retailer Hall of Fame in 2013, 2014, 2015 or 2016.
2012
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Fred Weber, Weber Jewelers, Kettering, Ohio
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Tony Schiffman, Schiffman’s Inc., Greensboro, North Carolina
MAJORS
Larry Pelzel, Neiman Marcus, Dallas, Texas
2011
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Jim Rosenheim, Tiny Jewel Box, Washington, D.C.
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Lawrence Bock, Bachendorf’s Jewelers, Dallas, Texas
MAJORS
Mark Light, Signet Jewelers, Akron, Ohio
2010
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Richard Eiseman Jr., Eiseman Jewels, Dallas, Texas
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Robert Rottenberg, Long’s Jewelers, Burlington, Massachusetts
MAJORS
Jon Bridge, Ben Bridge Jeweler, Seattle, Washington
2009
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Vicki and Howard Cunningham, Cunningham Fine Jewelry, Tulsa, Oklahoma
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Stephen Polacheck, Polacheck’s Jewelers, Calabasas, California
MAJORS
Beryl Raff, Helzberg Diamonds, North Kansas City, Missouri
2008
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Alfredo Molina, Molina Fine Jewelers, Phoenix, Arizona
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Michael Pollak, Hyde Park Jewelers, Denver, Colorado
MAJORS
H. Marvin Beasley, Helzberg Diamonds, North Kansas City, Missouri
2007
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Woody Justice, Justice Jewelers, Springfield, Missouri
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Marc Fink, Fink’s Jewelers, Roanoke, Virginia
MAJORS
Michael Kowalski, Tiffany & Co., New York
2006
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Bill Sites Sr., Sites Jewelers, Clarksville, Tennessee
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Georgie Gleim, Gleim the Jeweler, Palo Alto, California, and
R. Andrew Johnson, Diamond Cellar Holdings, Columbus, Ohio
R. Andrew Johnson, Diamond Cellar Holdings, Columbus, Ohio
MAJORS
John Cohen, Carlyle & Co., Greensboro, North Carolina
2005
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Howard Tapper, Tapper’s Diamonds & Fine Jewelry, West Bloomfield, Michigan
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Marion Halfacre, Traditional Jewelers, Newport Beach, California
MAJORS
Jeffrey Comment, Helzberg Diamonds, North Kansas City, Missouri
2004
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Ellen Lacy, Lacy & Co., El Paso, Texas
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
John Green, Lux Bond & Green, West Hartford, Connecticut
MAJORS
Robert Wexler, Tourneau, New York
2003
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Nick Greve, Carl Greve Jewelers, Portland, Oregon
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Clayton Bromberg, Underwood Jewelers, Jacksonville, Florida
MAJORS
Ed Bridge, Ben Bridge Jeweler, Seattle, Washington
2002
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Carolyn Pope, Crews Jewelry, Grandview, Missouri
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Lauren Kulchinsky, Mayfair Jewelers, Woodbury, New York
MAJORS
Terry Burman, Signet Jewelers, Akron, Ohio
2001
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Cosmo Altobelli, Altobelli Jewelers, Burbank, California
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Terry Call, Call Jewelers, Boise, Idaho and Phoenix, Arizona
MAJORS
William R. Chaney, Tiffany & Co., New York
2000
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Lester Lampert, Lester Lampert, Chicago, Illinois
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Jeff Corey, Day’s Jewelers, Waterville, Maine
MAJORS
Randy McCullough, Samuels Jewelers, Austin, Texas
1999
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Al Solomon, Solomon Jewelers, Albertson, New York
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Stanley Pollack, G. M. Pollack & Sons, Scarborough, Maine
MAJORS
Ralph Destino, Cartier, New York
1998
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Arnold Bockstruck, Bockstruck Jewelers, Saint Paul, Minnesota
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Esther Fortunoff, Fortunoff Fine Jewelry, Westbury, New York
MAJORS
Herbert Bridge, Ben Bridge Jeweler, Seattle, Washington
1997
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Susan Jacques, Borsheims, Omaha, Nebraska
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Hank Siegel, Hamilton Jewelers, Princeton, New Jersey
MAJORS
Russell Cohen, Carlyle & Co., Greensboro, North Carolina
1996
SINGLE STORE INDEPENDENT
Mark Moeller, R.F. Moeller Jeweler, Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
James Clark, B. C. Clark Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
MAJORS
Howard Sherwood, Daniel’s Jewelers, Culver City, California, and Robert Keller, Wedlo Inc., Birmingham, Alabama
1995
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Philip Minsky, Wyman Jewelers, Stoughton, Massachusetts
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
John Michaels, Michaels Jewelers, Waterbury, Connecticut
MAJORS
Nathan Light, Sterling Jewelers, Akron, Ohio
1994
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Sunny and Lenny Friedman, Sarah Leonard Fine Jewelers, Los Angeles, California
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Alvin Fink, Fink’s Jewelers, Roanoke, Virginia
MAJORS
Juell Kadet, Rogers Enterprises, Matteson, Illinois
1993
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
William Farmer Jr., Farmer’s Jewelry, Lexington, Kentucky
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Robert Green, Lux Bond & Green, West Hartford, Connecticut
MAJORS
Dale Perelman, King’s Jewelry, New Castle, Pennsylvania
1992
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Mark Udell, London Jewelers, Glen Cove, New York
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Lee Michael Berg, Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
MAJORS
Alan Zimmer, Reeds Jewelers, Wilmington, North Carolina
1991
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
William Underwood, Underwood’s Fine Jewelers, Fayetteville, Arkansas
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Frank Maier, Maier & Berkele, Atlanta, Georgia
MAJORS
Leonard Littman, Littman Jewelers, Edison, New Jersey
1990
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Jerry Gause, Gause & Sons Jewelers, Ocala, Florida
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Helene Fortunoff, Fortunoff, Uniondale, New York
MAJORS
Barnett Helzberg Jr., Helzberg Diamonds, North Kansas City, Missouri
1989
SINGLE-STORE INDEPENDENT
Harold Tivol, Tivol, Kansas City, Missouri
MULTI-STORE INDEPENDENT
Irving Getz, Mayor’s Jewelers, Miami, Florida
MAJORS
Robert Bridge, Ben Bridge Jewelers, Seattle, Washington
