Monday, September 17, 2007 The Daily O'Collegian: Regents Approve Athletic Department’s Airplane Purchase
By Jenny Colton
Ask and you shall receive, or so it goes in the Athletic Department.
The Oklahoma A&M Board of Regents approved Friday the OSU Athletic Department’s spending of a $750,000 donation from Boone Pickens to buy fractional ownership of two aircraft.
Director of Athletics Mike Holder said Pickens gave the money for the Executive Airshare aircraft as a gift to the athletic foundation a few months ago after coaches expressed the need for an aircraft to help in their recruiting efforts, Communications Director Gary Shutt said.
“They obviously see a need here and have determined that this is the best way to meet that need,” Shutt said.
The Athletic Department will use the aircraft primarily for flying coaches to and from Stillwater when traveling to recruit student athletes. Read more...
Posted at 9/17/2007 03:00:00 PM
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