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Student scholarships will be designated to the Pickens legacy scholarship funds to ensure more students have access and the ability to pursue higher education without financial burden. The gift will double the impact of donor contributions.

The recently announced OSU Human Performance Innovation Complex will help enhance the health and wellness of students, OSU athletes and the Oklahoma community. This facility will contain the Human Performance and Nutrition Research Institute (HPNRI) and the Cowboy Football Center.

“Physical, mental and spiritual health played a big part in Boone’s life,” Rosser said. “Boone’s passion for health and research programs is evidenced by his philanthropic support for a wide range of world-class institutions, including MD Anderson, UT Southwestern, the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University, the Center for Brain Health in Dallas and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Calgary, among others. He would be pleased OSU is positioning itself through HPNRI to discover and apply evidence-informed solutions to improve lives.”

The gift will provide renovation and reconstruction at the Karsten Creek golf course – home of the Cowboy and Cowgirl collegiate golf teams. Pickens had a longlasting friendship with former OSU golf coach and athletic director Mike Holder, and Pickens supported many of Holder’s projects.

The gift will also include donating Pickens’ personal and business archives to OSU for a museum in Pickens’ honor, which will be located inside the west end zone of Boone Pickens Stadium. The museum will celebrate Pickens’ legacy as an entrepreneur and philanthropist.

“Thanks to this gift, Oklahoma State will be able to provide more students with access to an excellent education while strengthening our position as a leader in research and athletics,” said OSU Athletic Director Chad Weiberg. “Through his historic gifts, Mr. Pickens helped position Cowboy football as one of the nation’s winningest programs over the last two decades. OSU Athletics deeply appreciates the T. Boone Pickens Foundation’s incredible generosity and unwavering support. Health and performance were very important to Mr. Pickens personally and he was a leader in providing those opportunities for his staff and employees. Specifically, the gift to support the Human Performance and Nutrition Research Institute will help us advance our landgrant mission by uniting the academic expertise of our human performance and nutrition experts, led by Lance Walker, with data-informed strategies and resources that will benefit all of our athletic programs and all Oklahomans.”

At the OSU/A&M Board of Regents board meeting on June 16, the organization recognized the $120 million gift from the T. Boone Pickens Foundation.

“This gift will have a lasting and transformative impact on our university community, providing vital resources and opportunities to students, faculty, athletes and staff,” said Jarold Callahan, chair of the OSU/A&M Board of Regents. “We want to thank the T. Boone Pickens Foundation for supporting Oklahoma State University in its ongoing pursuit of excellence as one of the nation’s premier land-grant universities.”