Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 14, 1972
Caption:
Working Together Dr. William L. Williams (left), professor of physics, and Larry D. Petro, research assistant in astronomy, work together in the University's Stinchfield Woods Observatory near Dexter. The two departments are working together more and more on research and instructional programs designed to benefit mankind.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 25, 1969
Caption:
Up Goes Dome For Observatory: Workmen use a crane to lift dome of the University's new half-million-dollar astronomical observatory in Stinchfield Woods northwest of Dexter. The dome was placed on top of the observatory building yesterday. the building was constructed with National Science Foundation and U-M funds by the Butcher and Willits construction firm of Ann Arbor. It is located about a half mile east of the U-M's Peach Mountain Radio Astronomy Observatory in the vicinity of an older U-M optical observatory. The 50-inch telescope for the new observatory is expected to be delivered sometime in May, according to Prof. Orren C. Mohler, chairman of the U-M astronomy department.