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loved ones and caregivers seeking community
connection and high-quality educational
offerings to better understand their disease.
We are eager to continue working with the
PD community to spread the word about
opportunities to partner in the search for a cure.
Our grassroots fundraising program, Team Fox,
contributed more than $11 million to our research
efforts through thousands of community-based
events last year. And we connected with friends
old and new through an expanding palette of
online and in-person events. The Tour de Fox,
a summer-long odyssey brought together more
than 3,000 participants and supporters across
the United States and Canada, and raised an
astounding $2.5 million for research. (Read
more on page 54.)

Remembering a
Revolutionary and
a Friend

Research roundtable discussions and daylong Partners in Parkinson’s symposia reached
tens of thousands of patients and families, as
did our Third Thursdays webinars, Ask the MD
series and MJFF podcasts breaking down the
latest news on drug development and living
with Parkinson’s.
In short, we left 2015 more optimistic and
energized than ever by the achievements to date
and the possibilities ahead. And we couldn’t do
any of it without you. Thank you for helping
realize our shared vision of a world without
Parkinson’s disease.

Andy S. Grove
1937 2016

With gratitude,

AS THE MICHAEL J. FOX FOUNDATION PREPARED THIS

TODD SHERER, PhD
Chief Executive Officer

REPORT, we joined the technology and business communities
in mourning the passing of Andrew S. Grove in March 2016 at
age 79.
A visionary leader who was never satisfied with the status quo,
Andy served for many years as president, CEO and chairman of

DEBORAH W. BROOKS
Co-Founder and Executive Vice Chairman

the board for Intel Corporation. He was well-known for his love
of challenging assumptions and for motivating others to reach
goals often thought unattainable.
Andy was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease around the
time of MJFF’s founding in 2000 and became an adviser who
influenced the Foundation’s philosophy of accountability, failure
analysis and willingness to change and adapt. We are grateful
to Andy for his extraordinary contribution to our mission.

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