Andrew Grove - Honors and Awards

Honors and Awards

  • The 1st Annual Heinz Award in Technology, the Economy and Employment. Grove received the award in 1995, and he was honored by the foundation for representing a story "as old as America: the story of a young immigrant rising to great success." The donors of the award added that Grove "has played perhaps the single most pivotal role in the development and popularization of the twentieth century's most remarkable innovation - the personal computer."
  • On August 25, 2009, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that Grove would be one of 13 California Hall of Fame inductees in The California Museum's yearlong exhibit. The induction ceremony was on December 1, 2009 in Sacramento.
  • Strategic Management Society's Lifetime Achievement Award (2001)
  • IEEE Medal of Honor (2000)
  • Time Magazine's Man of the Year (1997)
  • "1997 Technology Leader of the Year", IndustryWeek.com, Dec. 15, 1997
  • CEO magazine's CEO of the Year (1997)
  • Medal of Achievement from the American Electronics Association (1993)
  • IEEE Engineering Leadership Recognition Award (1987)
  • Franklin Institute Certificate of Merit (1975)
  • In 2006 he made a 26,000,000 USD donation to City College of New York, the largest donation ever made to that school.

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