OSU receives $120 million gift from Pickens Foundation
Oklahoma State University President Kayse Shrum announced on June 20 that OSU will receive a $120 million gift from the T. Boone Pickens Foundation.
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Oklahoma State University President Kayse Shrum announced on June 20 that OSU will receive a $120 million gift from the T. Boone Pickens Foundation.
T. Boone Pickens once was quoted as having said, "I was put on this earth to make money and to be generous with it."
Oklahoma State University will receive a $120 million donation from the T. Boone Pickens Foundation, President Kayse Shrum announced Tuesday.
These five new big-time donations funding higher ed initiatives are COVID-era pronouncements of the death of traditional higher education were premature, at least when it comes to receiving donations from corporate and alumni donors.
Oklahoma State University has announced a $120 million gift from the T. Boone Pickens Foundation. Pickens, who passed away in 2019, has now given OSU about $650 million.