T. Boone Pickens.... RIP
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Wow, I knew he was 91, but I didn't realize he was in "bad health". I know at 91 it doesn't take much to be in "bad health" but I hadn't hear so much as of a peep. He did a lot of good for OSU, but for others as well.
Mike Grundy is probably not sad. Like him or not you’ve got to respect what he brought to college football, O&G etc.
His advice was sought by many men.Rip He did a lot for Texas where he lived and Oklahoma.
I disagree with the above comments. I had utter contempt for this man TBP. No tears of sadness he doesn't deserve it not from me.
He was a corporate raider in the 80's. People like TBP, Michael Milliken, Ken Lay, and his bunch took over these companies and put a lot of people out of work people who were innocent and didn't deserve it.
Then there was the childish things like Swift Boat against Kerry, and going on about Clinton's sex life when he was hardly a monogamous husband. He was married 5x for a reason.
He did moderate his views toward the end of his life.
But then there was Prop 10 in CA in 2008 when TBP tried to corner the alternative fuel market in CA
This doesn't have anything with my feelings about the man but he spent all that money on OSU athletics but nothing on the school. Or was he finally shamed into giving to the University?
Basically I had a lot of resentments towards the corporate raiders in the 80's. The 80's had been described as the era of greed and decadence and those people had a lot to do with that.
Then there was the childish things like Swift Boat against Kerry, and going on about Clinton's sex life when he was hardly a monogamous husband. He was married 5x for a reason.
He did moderate his views toward the end of his life.
But then there was Prop 10 in CA in 2008 when TBP tried to corner the alternative fuel market in CA
This doesn't have anything with my feelings about the man but he spent all that money on OSU athletics but nothing on the school. Or was he finally shamed into giving to the University?
Basically I had a lot of resentments towards the corporate raiders in the 80's. The 80's had been described as the era of greed and decadence and those people had a lot to do with that.
My man, I see where you're coming from. But please understand-- I love my university, I bleed burnt orange, but our university has been given millions of dollars by corporate raiders-- men that acquiesced to the CIA to allow us to be tracked by the NSA-- oil barons-- the list goes on. The Bass family- Red McCombs-- Michael Dell-- Exxon-- Chevron--
Our university has faculty members with the highest of security clearance inside the government. We are an incredible research university-- but we have been party to, and the benefactor of, some really fvcked up sh!t, as well as some pretty shady alumni.
Once you reach the billion dollar threshold-- you get a relationship with the GOV whether you want one or not. TBP was part of that group.
Just think how obscure the university in Stillwater would be without the donations to athletics made by TBP...the only reason people know that university outside of OK is because of the athletic program. Other programs within the university have grown because people recognize the athletic programs. I believe and will always believe that athletics is the front door to your university. TBP made that front door as nice as anyone's in the country.
He gave OSU around $700 million, evenly split between academics and Athletics, and he also gave $200 million to UT MD Anderson
He has a building named after him at UTSW, and has his name on many other around Dallas.
Well, I guess there goes bottle of JD 1 for me and one for my homie over his grave, I guess there is a reason you live in Cali, beginning to see that California personality come out on ya, its bad to talk ill about the dead, nobody in this world is without fault, you always talk about the good he did and I think it overweight the bad from things he did like MD Anderson to save people lives and for research, you are just seeing the bad cause that's what ya want to see, I am a poor man and I for one could give a shit about Corporate Raiders and I really couldn't give a shit about California's Gas problem or Prop 10, so just let the man RIP, MD gave my father another 6 yrs on his life so, He musta done more than good than he did bad, just put on the Beach Boys and drink a cold one for old Boone or go to a Cali titty bar and work it outa ya system, you need to move to Texas, that Cali shit messing with ya head outthere, all Cali people are strange like them PHD guys..lol when Cali falls off into the ocean you will wish ya lived in Texas while ya swimming..lol
No wonder that Black Surban been sitting out in from of my house with the dark windows clob! I guess I hit the threshold...lol
He donated more to the academic side than the athletic side of OSU. Over the years it was 569 Million dollars.
In 2007 they did a profile of him with Bernie Goldberg. They talked about all the money he had given to OSU athletics. But he said he didn't give as much to academics. The man made it clear that academics wasn't as important to him. But apparently he changed for the better which I'm sure will benefit OSU.
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