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Sallie Morton was born to a family of entrepreneurs and business owners in Reno, Nevada. She attended the University of Nevada, Reno, where she earned a degree in business administration. After college, she worked in the family business, eventually becoming the president of the company. Morton has been involved in numerous philanthropic endeavors, including the founding of the Sallie Morton Foundation, which provides scholarships to students in need. She has also served on the boards of several organizations, including the Nevada Women's Fund and the Nevada Women's Business Council. Morton is married to her husband, Robert, and they have two children. She is 92 years old. Morton's net worth is estimated to be around $2 million. She has earned her wealth through her business ventures and investments.

Popular As Sallie Miller
Occupation Jeweler, gemologist
Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 8 November 1925
Birthday 8 November
Birthplace Reno, Nevada
Date of death October 24, 2017 - Los Gatos, California Los Gatos, California
Died Place Los Gatos, California
Nationality United States

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Sallie Morton Net Worth

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1978

Finding limited employment as an accountant, Morton worked with her husband at his watch repair shop in San Jose, California. Their business grew into Morton Jewelers, with various locations around San Jose and Los Gatos, California. As a gemologist, she lectured internationally, and toured mines, factories, and private collections in Australia, Africa, Asia, and South America. "I go primarily to see how jewelry is made, not to buy," she explained in 1978. In 1986, she was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Women's Jewelry Association. Morton sold her business, Morton Jewelers, when she retired in 1993.

1977

From 1977 to 1979, Morton was president of the American Gem Society, the first woman to hold that executive position. She served on the Society's board from 1980 to 1992. In 1982, she was the first woman recipient of the Society's Robert M. Shipley Award. She took the lead in raising funds to replace the Society's San Francisco headquarters, which were destroyed in a 1983 fire. She was a member of the editorial board of the Society's journal, Gems & Gemology. In 2014, the Society launched the Sallie Morton Award.

1962

Sallie Miller was born in Reno, Nevada, one of the six daughters of Meredith Raines Miller and Sadie Phillips Miller. She attended from Reno High School, and graduated from the University of Oregon in with a degree in accounting. She later studied gemology, earning certification as a gemologist in 1962. At the time, there were only five American women with such certification.

1949

Sallie Miller married watchmaker MacDonald G. Morton in 1949. They had a son, Philip. She died in 2017, aged 91 years, from mesothelioma.

1925

Sallie Morton (November 8, 1925 – October 24, 2017), born Sallie Miller, was an American jeweler and gemologist. In 1977, she became the first female president of the American Gem Society.