Griffin and his family have been generous donors to higher education in Florida, especially his alma mater, the University of Florida; over the years, he donated more than $20 million to the university and its athletic programs [REF].
After Griffin's death, Alico, Inc., the company he built into a successful diversified agribusiness, contributed approximately 760acre in Lee County, Florida for the development of Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU), Florida's tenth state university [REF].