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...Bergson, then an undergraduate at Hopkins, sometimes played poker with the university’s faculty members, she said. In one game, he staked his hand on a promise from a professor to tutor Abram, then 16. Gus Bergson won, and the tutoring helped Bergson win the only scholarship Hopkins offered that year. He graduated in three years and went on to earn his masters degree and doctorate from Harvard...

Author: By David B. Rochelson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Economics Expert, Head of Russian Center Dies | 4/30/2003 | See Source »

Though the admission to Hopkins forced Bergson to put aside his artistic aspirations, he never lost his passion for art—particularly Vincent Van Gogh—Judith Bergson said...

Author: By David B. Rochelson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Economics Expert, Head of Russian Center Dies | 4/30/2003 | See Source »

Before he established himself at the forefront of the study of Soviet economics, Bergson won acclaim for the “Bergson social welfare function,” according to Paul A. Samuelson, an MIT professor emeritus of economics and Nobel laureate who described Bergson as his “oldest and dearest friend at Harvard...

Author: By David B. Rochelson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Economics Expert, Head of Russian Center Dies | 4/30/2003 | See Source »

...Samuelson, himself a Nobel Laureate, added that the fact that Bergson never won a Nobel doesn’t mean he was undeserving...

Author: By David B. Rochelson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Economics Expert, Head of Russian Center Dies | 4/30/2003 | See Source »

...Bergson leaves behind his wife, three daughters, a sister and three grandchildren...

Author: By David B. Rochelson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Economics Expert, Head of Russian Center Dies | 4/30/2003 | See Source »

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