Gary Krenz currently serves as Director for Post-Bicentennial Planning at the University of Michigan’s (U-M's) Bentley Historical Library. He is also a member of the U-M Detroit Observatory team. Previously, he was Executive Director of the U-M Bicentennial, which was celebrated in 2017.
From Ann Arbor to the Stars - The Detroit Observatory, located on the corner of Observatory and Ann streets in Ann Arbor, Michigan was built in 1854. It was the first scientific research facility at the University of Michigan (U-M) and one of the oldest observatories of its type in the nation. Throughout the decades, the Observatory was at the heart of scientific research as the first dedicated research laboratory on campus, and was home to the discovery of 21 asteroids and two comets.
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