{"id":3797,"date":"2012-09-06T14:25:23","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T14:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lamp1.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/?p=253"},"modified":"2019-06-12T10:22:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T15:22:20","slug":"t-boone-pickens-to-speak-oct-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/2012\/09\/06\/t-boone-pickens-to-speak-oct-4\/","title":{"rendered":"T. Boone Pickens to speak Oct. 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

The legendary oil and gas entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens will be the speaker at the<\/p>\n

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T. Boone Pickens<\/p><\/div>\n

Convocation on Critical Issues at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 4 in the M.O. Looney Complex arena. His speech is titled \u201cLeadership and Getting Things Done: Reflections on a Lifetime of Comebacks and America\u2019s Energy Future.\u201d The Convocation is free and open to the community.<\/p>\n

He will also participate in a question-and-answer session at a special Convocation luncheon following the speech. Because of T. Boone\u2019s schedule, his presentation is later than usual, and the luncheon replaces the traditional Convocation dinner this year.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western\u2019s president, has some personal knowledge of T. Boone and enthusiastically endorsed his selection as the next Convocation speaker.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Pickens was the chair of the Board when I was hired at West Texas A & M University nearly 25 years ago, so I have seen him in action \u2018up close\u2019 and from afar,\u201d Dr. Vartabedian said. \u201cI know that he will be an interesting, informative, and colorful addition to our prestigious annual Convocation on Critical Issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

A folk hero in global business known for his tenacity in the rough-and-tumble world of mergers and acquisitions, T. Boone first built and led one of the largest independent natural gas and oil companies. Then, at a time in his life when many of his peers retired to the golf course, he reinvented himself by establishing one of the nation\u2019s most successful energy-related investment funds. He chronicled the lessons he learned during his journey in his bestselling 2008 autobiography titled, \u201cThe First Billion is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America\u2019s Energy Future.\u201d Ranked by Forbes<\/em> as one of the world\u2019s richest people, T. Boone serves as the chair of BP Capital Management.<\/p>\n

He is a noted energy activist who is also an innovative, committed philanthropist who has donated nearly $1 billion to charity. His impact on American culture reflects his many interests and passions, including an unyielding belief in the entrepreneurial spirit, leadership and corporate fitness, the need for alternative fuel development, and prudent stewardship of American lands.
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The legendary oil and gas entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens will be the speaker at the Convocation on Critical Issues at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 4 in the M.O. Looney Complex arena. His speech is titled \u201cLeadership and Getting Things Done: Reflections on a Lifetime of Comebacks and America\u2019s Energy Future.\u201d The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4224,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3797\/revisions\/4224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}