In Spring 1981, he published his first issue of Gems & Gemology in an expanded and redesigned format. The next year, he created the GIA Alumni Association under Robert Earnest. Chairs GIA's first International Gemological Symposium in Los Angeles. In 1983, he stepped down as President of GIA; named chairman of the GIA Board of Governors, and named Honorary Member of AGTA. He was then named 1984 Man of the Year by the Consolidated Jewelers Association of New York, also being named a Founding Organizer of ICA.
