Mike Mansfield on the cover of Time Magazine’s March 20, 1964 issue

As U.S. Senate majority leader, Mike Mansfield was featured on the cover of Time Magazine’s March 20, 1964 issue. The Mansfield Fellowship Program is named after Mike Mansfield, who is regarded by some as perhaps one of the most notable statesmen/public service figures in the U.S. political sphere of the last 60 years, having served as a U.S. congressman from Montana, U.S. Senate majority leader and U.S. ambassador to Japan. The Mansfield Fellowship Program was established by the U.S. Congress in 1994 to build a corps of U.S. federal government employees with proficiency in the Japanese language and practical, firsthand knowledge about Japan and its government. Through their placements, Fellows develop networks of contacts in Japan and an understanding of the political, economic and strategic dimensions of the U.S.-Japan relationship. (Image courtesy of Time Magazine, cover credit: Boris Chaliapin / Time Inc. All rights reserved)