The Dallas Business Journal has chosen T. Boone Pickens as its “Executive of the Year.” The Dallas Business Journal – one of the nation-wide organization of business publications, pointed to Boone’s extraordinary charity giving. The Journal quoted Bill Lively, “an authority on Dallas philanthropy” as saying, “I can’t imagine if many, or anyone, has given what he’s given.”
Journal wrote, “Pickens identifies areas where he focuses donations from his own pocket — namely conservative political causes, wildlife, hunting and preservation — while money from his foundation focuses on health care, education and at-risk youth, with his beloved Oklahoma State University topping the list.”
In addition to his well-publicized donations to OSU, the Journal reminded its readers that “in 2007, Pickens made a pair of $50 million donations to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.”
The Dallas Executive of the Year reminds us it is possible to do good while doing well.
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— The Pickens Team.