After Moore co-founded Intel, he became the company’s Executive Vice President, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board before finally becoming Chairman Emeritus in 1997. Staying true to being a visionary, Moore and his wife Betty donated $200 million to the University of California and Caltech in 2007 to aid in the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope, slated to be the largest optical telescope in the world. Previously in 2001, Moore also donated $600 million to Caltech to keep the institution at the forefront of technology and research. Today, Moore remains a member of Caltech’s trustees.
Other awards and recognitions for Moore include the Bower Award for Business Leadership in 2002 and the IEEE Medal of Honor in 2008 for his work in pioneering technical roles involved in integrated circuits processing and his leadership in the semiconductor and microprocessor industry. He also received the National Medal of Technology and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Moore was also inducted as a Fellow of the Computer History Museum in 1998 and the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2003. The Moore Laboratories building in Caltech and the Centre for Mathematical Sciences at the Cambridge University were also named after him.