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(KAIR) -- Missouri Western State University in Saint Joseph will welcome noted energy entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens as the featured speaker at the 19th annual Convocation on Critical Issues at 10:30 Thursday morning in the Looney Complex.
The Convocation is free and open to the public.
Ranked by Forbes as one of the world’s richest people, Pickens serves as the chairman of BP Capital Management.
He is a noted energy activist who is also an innovative, committed philanthropist who has donated nearly $1 billion to charity.
His speech at Missouri Western will be titled “Leadership and Getting Things Done: Reflections on a Lifetime of Comebacks and America’s Energy Future.”
The annual Convocation on Critical Issues began in 1993 as part of an overall commitment to offer enriching experiences to students while bringing together the university and the community.
It is sponsored by the Missouri Western State University Foundation and held in honor of R. Dan Boulware, a local attorney and past president of Missouri Western’s Board of Regents.
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