COE-CM_202507_Leinweber Dedication_MS_001.jpg
Dedication of the Leinweber Computer and Information Science Building on the University of Michigan’s North Campus.
A $25 million gift from the Leinweber Foundation, founded by software entrepreneur Larry Leinweber, helped to fund construction of the Leinweber Computer and Information Science Building.
Larry Leinweber founded and served as CEO of New World Systems Corporation in Troy, Michigan, a software company providing enterprise resource planning software for city and county governments, with a primary focus on public safety software for 911 dispatch centers, law enforcement, fire departments, and paramedics. His wife Claudia Babiarz served as corporate counsel at New World Systems for over 27 years.
Since 2010, Leinweber and Babiarz have supported students and programs at the University of Michigan, including in the College of Engineering, the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA), the Medical School, and the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. They created the Leinweber Software Scholars Program at Michigan Engineering in 2013, and established the Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics in LSA in 2017. In 2021, a $25 million gift from the Leinweber Foundation helped to fund construction of the Leinweber Building.
Friday, September 12. 2025
Photo by Marcin Szczepanski/Lead Multimedia Storyteller, University of Michigan College of Engineering
COE-CM_202507_Leinweber Dedication_MS_001.jpg
Dedication of the Leinweber Computer and Information Science Building on the University of Michigan’s North Campus.
A $25 million gift from the Leinweber Foundation, founded by software entrepreneur Larry Leinweber, helped to fund construction of the Leinweber Computer and Information Science Building.
Larry Leinweber founded and served as CEO of New World Systems Corporation in Troy, Michigan, a software company providing enterprise resource planning software for city and county governments, with a primary focus on public safety software for 911 dispatch centers, law enforcement, fire departments, and paramedics. His wife Claudia Babiarz served as corporate counsel at New World Systems for over 27 years.
Since 2010, Leinweber and Babiarz have supported students and programs at the University of Michigan, including in the College of Engineering, the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA), the Medical School, and the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. They created the Leinweber Software Scholars Program at Michigan Engineering in 2013, and established the Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics in LSA in 2017. In 2021, a $25 million gift from the Leinweber Foundation helped to fund construction of the Leinweber Building.
Friday, September 12. 2025
Photo by Marcin Szczepanski/Lead Multimedia Storyteller, University of Michigan College of Engineering