Short answers, pulled from the story.
Oklahoma State University was founded on the 25th of December 1890, when the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature approved the Oklahoma Territorial Agricultural and Mechanical College under the Morrill Act of 1862. The first students assembled for class on the 14th of December, 1891.
Oklahoma State University has won 55 national championships, including 53 NCAA championships. This total ranks sixth among all schools in NCAA team national championships, behind Stanford, UCLA, USC, Texas, and Penn State.
The Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling program has won 34 NCAA team championships, the most ever accumulated by a single school in one sport. The program has also produced 143 individual national champions, including Pat Smith, the first-ever four-time individual champion in collegiate wrestling.
T. Boone Pickens is a billionaire business magnate, philanthropist, and OSU alumnus. He gave $165 million to the athletic department in 2006, $100 million for endowed academic chairs in 2008, and pledged another $100 million for scholarships in 2010. His total contributions and pledges to OSU exceeded $500 million.
OSU's homecoming celebration began in 1913 and is billed by the university as "America's Greatest Homecoming Celebration." It draws more than 40,000 alumni and over 70,000 total participants to the Stillwater campus each year.
According to the National Science Foundation, Oklahoma State University spent $226.5 million on research and development in 2023. OSU holds an R1 classification, the highest research-activity designation for doctoral universities in the United States.