 On March 1, 2007, Oklahoma State University announced it secured a life insurance policy program titled "Gift of a Lifetime," which worked with the OSU Foundation and OSU Athletics Inc. to buy life insurance on its wealthiest alumni.OSU Athletics Inc. was formerly titled "OSU Cowboy Golf" and its board members included influential booster T. Boone Pickens, who gave $165 million to OSU Athletics in January 2006, the largest gift in National Collegiate Athletic Association history.The athletic department credited Pickens with devising the idea.