The Chronicle of Philanthropy

A Gift for Athletics Triggers a Furor on Oklahoma Campus

By Caroline Preston

Boone Pickens's $165-million donation to Oklahoma State University for athletic facilities is the largest ever to a college athletics program. It will be used to build a $300-million athletic village that will include practice fields and facilities for soccer, tennis, track, baseball, and equestrian sports, and to finish construction...

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