Conservator will retire as the longest-serving employee in University of Michigan history

University conservator Jim Craven, has spent more than 63 years at the Ann Arbor school and is leaving as the longest-serving staff member in school history.

Craven first began as a part-time bookbinder at U-M in 1947, while still in high school. He's been working full-time as a bookbinder and artifact conserver since 1949, with a brief stint from 1951 until 1953 to serve in the Army in Korea and Japan.

Read more about Craven's retirement in the University Record.