About the Leinwebers
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.
Leinweber and Babiarz have two children, David Leinweber (U-M MBA) and Ashley Leinweber (U-M MBA). Ashley serves as vice president of the Leinweber Foundation. David serves on the advisory board for CSE and is the CEO of Ascent Cloud, a Detroit-based sales technology software company. David’s wife, Jessica Leinweber (U-M BA and JD), serves as executive director of the Leinweber Foundation. Larry’s other three children, Eric, Danica, and Lezlee, also contribute to his work.