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Published: June 27, 2008
OSU benefactor helps Holder realize his vision
By Andrea Cohen
STILLWATER — This fall, under the impression he was selling a west end zone football suite, Oklahoma State athletic director Mike Holder met with alumnus Malone Mitchell .

As Holder was giving his usual OSU sales pitch, the one where the AD gives his vision of the future and talks about the athletic facilities he plans to build, Mitchell stopped him.

"He interrupted me and said, ‘Look, here's what I ha...

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