COSTA MESA, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 9, 2012) - Ceradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRDN) announced that Joel P. Moskowitz, the company's President and CEO, has received from the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) a Distinguished Life Membership Award in recognition of his service to the society and his role in promoting structural ceramics in both academic and commercial settings. The award, one of only three such awards given this year, was presented yesterday in Pittsburgh on the occasion of ACerS's 114th annual meeting.