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===Philanthropy=== [[File:The Grove School of Engineering--Steinman Hall at City College of New York (CUNY).jpg|thumb|Grove School of Engineering-CCNY]] In 2005, Grove made the largest donation that the [[City College of New York]] ([[CUNY]]) has ever received. His grant of $26 million transformed the CCNY School of Engineering into the [[Grove School of Engineering]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/forum/2005/10/28/intels-grove-gives-26-million-to-ccnys-school-of-engineering/ | title=Intel's Grove gives $26 million to CCNY'S school of engineering | publisher=CUNY Newswire | work=News Report | date=October 28, 2005 | access-date=September 30, 2016 | last1=Hershenson | first1=Jay | last2=Arena | first2=Michael | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002120129/http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/forum/2005/10/28/intels-grove-gives-26-million-to-ccnys-school-of-engineering/ | archive-date=October 2, 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Grove was also instrumental, as a key fundraiser, in establishing the [[University of California, San Francisco]]'s [[University of California, San Francisco#Mission Bay|Mission Bay Campus]], the largest ongoing biomedical construction project in the world.<ref name=UCSF>[https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2016/04/402311/ucsf-mourns-loss-andrew-s-grove-1936-2016 "UCSF Mourns Loss of Andrew S. Grove (1936-2016)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109105705/https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2016/04/402311/ucsf-mourns-loss-andrew-s-grove-1936-2016 |date=January 9, 2021 }}, UCSF, April 1, 2016.</ref> Chancellor Sam Hawgood said that Grove's "generous and tireless support of UCSF has transformed our university and helped accelerate our research into breakthrough treatments and better patient care."<ref name=UCSF/> [[File:Mission Bay, UCSF.jpg|thumb|UCSF Mission Bay campus]] Among the research facilities which he helped fund were the UCSF Prostate Cancer Center, the Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building, and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute. He also promoted general surgery initiatives and supported various obstetrics and gynecology research programs.<ref name=UCSF/> Grove was a longtime member of the [[International Rescue Committee]] (IRC), along with being one of its overseers and a member of its board of directors. He was also the founding supporter of the IRC's Pathways to Citizenship program. In 2010, the IRC honored him as one of ten distinguished refugees.<ref>[http://www.rescue.org/blog/remembering-andrew-grove-irc-overseer-and-champion-refugees "Remembering Andrew Grove, IRC Overseer and champion of refugees"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403151757/http://www.rescue.org/blog/remembering-andrew-grove-irc-overseer-and-champion-refugees |date=April 3, 2016 }}, Rescue.org, March 30, 2016.</ref> In an interview in ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' magazine in 2000, Grove encouraged the United States to be "vigilant as a nation to have tolerance for difference, a tolerance for new people." He pointed out that immigration and immigrants are what made America what it is.<ref name=Esquire>[http://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/learned-andy-grove-0500 "What I've Learned: Andy Grove"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120173534/http://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/learned-andy-grove-0500 |date=January 20, 2015 }}, ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', May 1, 2000</ref>
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