The UNT Kuehne Speaker Series, which explores globally relevant topics featuring nationally and internationally known leaders, hosted businessman and philanthropist T. Boone Pickens (right), as a featured guest for a conversation with G. Brint Ryan ('88, '88 M.S.), chair of the UNT System Board of Regents (left), in May at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas.

Pickens is one of the nation's most successful businessmen, first building Mesa Petroleum, and later reinventing himself in his 70s as one of the most successful investment fund operators with BP Capital.

He's also behind the launch of the Pickens Plan, a grass-roots campaign aimed at reducing the country's dependence on OPEC oil.

Learn about upcoming speakers at the Kuehne Speaker Series online.