T. Boone Pickens Memorial To Be Held At Oklahoma State

Business magnate T. Boone Pickens
Photo credit © Anthony Behar

DALLAS (KRLD) - People in Stillwater, Oklahoma are remembering a legend this afternoon. 

That legend is oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, who passed away on September 11 at the age of 91. A public memorial is being held at 3 p.m. today at Oklahoma State University, Pickens alma mater. 

He graduated in 1951 when OSU was known as Oklahoma A&M. He was a megadonor to the university, donating more than $600 million to the school, transforming it's academic and athletic programs.

Pickens final resting place will be the Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, where his childhood home was relocated.