Education:

Graduate Gemologist, Gemological Institute of America (GIA) – February 17, 1975
AGS Retail Sales course - November, 1975
Beginning jewelry repair, GIA - one week course 1982
Appraisals, Estate Jewelry, Diamonds, AGS Conclave - 1982
AGS Appraisal Seminars I & II - February 1987
ISA Course 103 - February 1987
NAJA Annual National Winter Educational Conference - January 1995 through 1997; 1999 through 2008, 2013-2022
NAJA Annual National Summer Educational Conference - August 1996;1997; 1999 through 2002, 2004-2006, 2011, 2014, 2021

Titles:

Graduate Gemologist, GG, (GIA) - February 1975
Registered Jeweler, RJ, American Gem Society (AGS) - November, 1976
Certified Gemologist, CG, AGS - June 15, 1983
Certified Gemologist Appraiser, CGA, AGS - June 18, 1987 through December 1990
Member, NJA, National Association of Jewelry Appraisers, (NAJA) - January 1995 to August 1997
Senior Member, NGJA, (NAJA) - September 1997 to January 2000
Certified Senior Member, CSM, (NAJA) - February 2000 to present

Experience:

Clifford Farrar Jewelers, sales associate, staff gemologist and appraiser, La Jolla, CA - 1975 to 1977
Frederick Seltzer Jewelers, sales associate, staff gemologist and appraiser, La Jolla, CA - 1977 to 1979
Weisfields Jewelers, store manager, gemologist, appraiser, La Jolla, CA - 1979 to 1980
Black, Starr & Frost, store manager, gemologist, appraiser, La Jolla, CA - 1980 to 1982
Walters & Hogsett Jewelers, Inc, principle: store manager, gemologist and appraiser - 1982 to 1990
William Lacert, Gemologist, sole proprietor, independent fine jewelry appraisals - 1990 to present