150 Years of Mizzou Engineering: 2000-2020

Our series exploring the history of Mizzou Engineering continues this month in the year 2000. As a new century dawned, the College experienced tremendous growth and expansion. Dean Jim Thompson worked to increase enrollment, creating a recruiting office and implementing statewide programs that promoted engineering opportunities to high school students and parents. Jim Thompson Thompson…

150 Years of Mizzou Engineering: 1980-1989

Our look back at Mizzou Engineering through the decades continues in 1980. After more than a decade of making a case for funding,…

150 Years of Mizzou Engineering: 1968-1979

Our series exploring the history of Mizzou Engineering continues in the year 1968, when William Kimel begins what would become a 17-year tenure as Dean of the College. Kimel became known for his collaborative style and had a keen interest in…

150 Years of Mizzou Engineering: 1946-1967

Our look back at Mizzou Engineering’s history continues this month during the 1946-47 school year. When we left off,…

150 Years of Mizzou Engineering: 1936-1945

Our series on the history of the College picks up in the mid-1930s.

150 Years of Mizzou Engineering: 1917-1935

Mizzou Engineering — like the rest of the country — was feeling the impact of world war in 1917