T. Boone Pickens - Stillwater, OK
Posted by: The Snowdog
N 36° 06.082 W 097° 11.181
14S E 663258 N 3996714
T. Boone Pickens is interred next to his childhood home (moved to this location from Holdenville, Oklahoma) at Karsten Creek, west of Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Waymark Code: WM146TV
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2021
Views: 1
T. Boone Pickens - magnate, corporate raider, and multi-millionaire - was an alum of Oklahoma State University and gave that school over $500 million over the course of his life. Karsten Creek hosts the OSU golf course, said to be one of the finest college courses in the country. He had his childhood home moved from Holdenville to this location, and he is interred by the house. This photo on
find-a-grave shows the site before the statue was added.
Description: Thomas Boone Pickens Jr. was an American business magnate and financier. Pickens chaired the hedge fund BP Capital Management. He was a well-known takeover operator and corporate raider during the 1980s, and a major figure in the energy sector, particularly natural gas and wind. Pickens gave more than $700 million away to charity, of which nearly $500 million was donated to Oklahoma State University.
Date of birth: 05/22/1928
Date of death: 09/11/2019
Area of notoriety: Other
Marker Type: Monument
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Dawn to Dusk
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
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