Steve Leeb wins Big Screw; proceeds to go to Pine Tree Inn

Apr. 22, 2011

3959 bigscrew — Professor Steven B. Leeb ’87 holds up the three-foot screw awarded to him for winning this year’s Big Screw contest, an annual fundraiser sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega. Leeb is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and teaches 6.115 (Microcomputer Project Laboratory) and 6.131 (Power Electronics Laboratory). All proceeds from the contest, which totaled $2,629.63, will go to the Pine Street Inn, as chosen by Leeb. As is tradition, Leeb will pass the Institute Screw trophy to the next Big Screw winner in the spring of 2012. For totals raised by all Big Screw nominees, see page 17.
Elijah Mena—The Tech

Nominee	Charity	Total Raised
Steve Leeb, Professor of EECS	Pine Street Inn	$1,375.81
Craig Carter,  Professor of Materials Science	Camp Kesem	$413.11
Pavel Etingof,  Professor of Mathematics	American Cancer Society	$221.90
Dean Colombo,  Division of Student Life	Loaves and Fishes	$191.43
Michael Yaffe,  Professor of Biology	American Red Cross relief efforts in Japan	$64.22
2.006  (J.G. Brisson, Anette E. Hosoi)	MassBike	$61.32
Julie Norman,  Director of Undergraduate Advising	Leadership Training Institute	$59.18
David Jerison,  Professor of Mathematics	AmeriCares	$46.71
Susan Lanza,  Course 9 administrator	Make-A-Wish Foundation	$36.25
2.005  (Cullen Buie, Jacopo Buongiorno)	American Red Cross relief effors in Japan	$33.79
Alexander van Oudenaarden,  Professor of Biology	Save the Children	$32.65
Muriel Medard,  EE/RLE Professor	Soldiers’ Angels	$25.80
Kit Cummins,  Professor of Chemistry	HomeStart	$19.48
Albert Meyer,  Professor of EECS	ACLU Foundation	$16.18
James Roberge,  Professor of EECS	Make-A-Wish Foundation	$13.80
Alexander Mitsos,  Professor of Mechanical Engineering	Big Sister Association Greater Boston	$9.00
Charles E. Leiserson,  Professor of EECS	Museum of Mathematics	$9.00
TOTAL	$2,629.63

From April 4–8, APO collected over $2,600 in the annual Institute Screw Competition fundraiser. Steven B. Leeb ’87, Professor of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and a MacVicar Faculty Fellow, took the top spot, raising $1,376. All Big Screw proceeds will be donated to Leeb’s charity of choice — Pine Street Inn, a homeless shelter in Boston. Organizers also raised C$0.07, €0.02, 1000 Korean won, and a copy of a drop form for 18.100B.