Hewlett-Packard, Intel's Gordon Moore Honored by United Way Silicon Valley.

News Editors

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2002

Two long-time supporters have been honored as the first recipients of United Way Silicon Valley's Corporation of the Year and Philanthropist of the Year Awards.

Hewlett Packard, which for more than a decade has conducted the Valley's largest United Way campaign in terms of total dollars given was named Corporation of the Year. "Actually, `corporation of the decade' would be more like it," UWSV President & CEO Mark Walker said. "No one can remember a year when HP's campaign wasn't number one in the Valley. The support of HP's employees has been tremendous. In the past three years alone, they have given $5.4 million. And HP's corporate philanthropy is legendary. During that same period, corporate gifts have totaled $5.9 million. And the company and its employees did this despite a number of major internal changes."

Gordon Moore, Chairman-Emeritus of Intel Corporation and a long-time supporter and volunteer with the local United Way was named Philanthropist of the Year. The awards were made during a special Alexis de Tocqueville Society ceremony Thursday honoring leadership givers at Villa Montalvo.

Moore was cited not only for his personal philanthropy but also for his leadership with United Way. "Gordon Moore has been at the forefront of support for United Way in this community almost as long as there has been a United Way in this community," said Walker. "For nearly two decades he has matched the leadership giving totals of Intel's executives with his own gift.

"But this award is about more than just writing checks to United Way. Gordon chaired our 1982 campaign and was one of the original founders of this Chapter of the Alexis de Tocqueville Society more than a decade ago." Walker said that UWSV created the new awards to honor companies and individuals whose philanthropy and leadership make the Valley a better place to live and work.

Established in 1922, United Way Silicon Valley is a non-profit charitable organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors made up of community and business leaders. Its mission is to improve people's lives by mobilizing the caring power of the community. UWSV does that by working with 100 Santa Clara County health and human services agencies that assist more than one million people annually.