print email comment close St. Patrick Was an Engineer URL: http://muarchives.missouri.edu/St.Pat%27sDay.html Description: This small exhibit explores the St. Patrick's Day traditions of the College of Engineering at the University of Missouri-Columbia (UMC), whose students "were the first to 'discover' that St. Patrick was an engineer. Since 1903, UMC engineering students have celebrated St. Patrick's Day (March 17) as a holiday set aside for engineers." Includes photos and images of historical buttons and other ephemera from the celebrations. From the UMC Archives. Publisher: Archives, University of Missouri-Columbia (UMC) LII Database Information: Record 27557 created by Jennifer English on 12/17/2008 Last modification on 03/03/2009 Published: 03/12/2009   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27557