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09-11-2008, 09:43 PM
Updated: Portrait of late Oklahoma State donor stolen
By PATTI WEAVER World Correspondent
9/11/2008 12:37 PM
Last Modified: 9/11/2008 5:30 PM
STILLWATER — A portrait of Oklahoma State University donor M.B. “Bud” Seretean, who died last year, was stolen from a building on campus where it had hung for more than three decades.
The 3-by-4-foot oil painting, valued at $2,000, had been displayed in the formal entrance of the Seretean Center for the Performing Arts since the early 1970s, authorities said.
Asked whether the theft could be a prank, OSU Police Detective Larry Crites said Thursday, “It’s an unusual theft — the value of the painting is limited to a very few individuals.”
No evidence of forced entry was found. A class with about 400 students was held in the building Monday evening, Crites said. The painting was discovered missing Wednesday morning, he said.
Seretean, a 1949 graduate of OSU with a degree in marketing, had donated nearly $5 million in securities. He died in August 2007 at age 83.
Anyone with information about the theft or the whereabouts of Seretean’s portrait is urged to contact Crites at (405) 744-4213.
Tips can be called in, anonymously, if desired, to OSU Crime Stoppers at (405) 744-8477.
By PATTI WEAVER World Correspondent
9/11/2008 12:37 PM
Last Modified: 9/11/2008 5:30 PM
STILLWATER — A portrait of Oklahoma State University donor M.B. “Bud” Seretean, who died last year, was stolen from a building on campus where it had hung for more than three decades.
The 3-by-4-foot oil painting, valued at $2,000, had been displayed in the formal entrance of the Seretean Center for the Performing Arts since the early 1970s, authorities said.
Asked whether the theft could be a prank, OSU Police Detective Larry Crites said Thursday, “It’s an unusual theft — the value of the painting is limited to a very few individuals.”
No evidence of forced entry was found. A class with about 400 students was held in the building Monday evening, Crites said. The painting was discovered missing Wednesday morning, he said.
Seretean, a 1949 graduate of OSU with a degree in marketing, had donated nearly $5 million in securities. He died in August 2007 at age 83.
Anyone with information about the theft or the whereabouts of Seretean’s portrait is urged to contact Crites at (405) 744-4213.
Tips can be called in, anonymously, if desired, to OSU Crime Stoppers at (405) 744-8477.