TLC owners say 'thank you' with donation

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From Staff Reports
Published: July 31, 2008

The Oklahoma State University Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture has received an endowment of $250,000 from Charles and Linda Shackelford.

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The Shackelfords' donation was matched by T. Boone Pickens, and the $500,000 total endowment was then matched by the state of Oklahoma. The resulting $1 million endowment will be used to expand the OSU floriculture program.

The Shackelfords, who own TLC Nursery and Greenhouses, said the donation was their way of saying "thank you” to OSU's horticulture department for years of education and advice that helped them grow their business. Charles Shackelford is an OSU graduate with a bachelor's degree in plant pathology.

The money will be used to hire a professor and to finance workshops, training and curriculum in floriculture, the study of greenhouse plants.


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