Painting Sold at Sotheby's

Proceeds from the sale of a painting at Sotheby's, one of the oldest and largest art auctioneers in the world, have endowed a scholarship at Houghton. Ruth Bergen donated "Admiring the Catch," oil on canvas, signed, by Mauritz Frederick Hendrick de Haas to establish The Ruth L. Bergen Scholarship Fund in Memory of John Bergen.

"We are pleased that the proceeds of the sale will directly benefit Houghton students by establishing an endowed scholarship that will provide financial assistance to students from wes tern New York majoring in business," said Eric Alcott, vice president for advancement. The painting sold in five minutes for $60,000.

Mrs. Bergen's first husband, the late John Peachey, was instrumental in the merger of Houghton College and the Buffalo Bible Institute, which, in turn, established Houghton's West Seneca campus. She remained a close friend of Houghton and, along with her second husband, the late John Bergen, participated in several alumni trips.