Editing Mike Mansfield (section)

==Education==
Following his return to Montana in 1922, Mansfield worked as a "mucker" and shoveled ore and other waste in the [[copper mine]]s of [[Butte, Montana|Butte]] for eight years.<ref name=congress /> Having never attended high school, he gained admission to [[Montana Tech of the University of Montana|Montana School of Mines]] (MSM) in Butte by taking their entrance examinations. He attended MSM from 1927 to 1928, studying to become a mining engineer.<ref name=tribune />

In 1928, Mansfield met Maureen Hayes, a local schoolteacher who would become his wife. She encouraged him to pursue further education.<ref name=MansfieldCenter>{{cite web|accessdate=February 22, 2025 
|title=Maureen and Mike Mansfield |publisher=The Mansfield Center, [[University of Montana]]
|url=https://www.umt.edu/mansfield/about/the-mansfields}}</ref> In December 1931, Mansfield began his studies at the [[University of Montana]] (UM) in [[Missoula, Montana|Missoula]],<ref name=tribune/> where he took both high school and college courses.<ref name=MansfieldFDN-Maureen>{{cite web|accessdate=2025-02-22
|url=https://mansfieldfdn.org/about/about-maureen-and-mike-mansfield/maureen-hayes-mansfield/
|title=Maureen Hayes Mansfield|publisher=Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation}}</ref>  Maureen moved to Missoula, and they married on September 13, 1932. She worked as a social worker, to help support Mansfield through his studies.<ref name=MansfieldFDN-Maureen/>

At the University of Montana, Mansfield joined the [[Alpha Tau Omega]] fraternity. In 1933, he earned both his [[high school equivalency degree|high school equivalency]] and his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree.<ref name=mansfieldfdn/>  He continued with graduate studies at UM, while also working part-time in the [[Registrar (education)#Registrar's office|registrar's office]]<ref name=charting /> and teaching two courses as a [[graduate assistant]].<ref name=mansfieldfdn/> He earned a Master of Arts degree from UM in 1934 with a thesis titled "American Diplomatic Relations with Korea, 1866–1910."

After completing his graduate studies, Mansfield accepted a position as administrator and professor at UM, teaching courses in  Latin American and Far Eastern History,<ref name=UM-Library-Bio>{{cite web|accessdate=February 22, 2025
|url=https://www.umt.edu/library/about/history/default.php |title=Mike Mansfield: Montana Statesman 
|work=History of the Mansfield Library |publisher=Mansfield Library, University of Montana}}</ref> and occasionally lecturing on Greek and Roman history.<ref name=tribune />   Additionally, he studied towards a [[PhD]] at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (UCLA) from 1936 to 1937.<ref name=congress/> Though he left UM in 1942 to enter politics, he remained a [[Academic tenure|tenured]] Professor of History at the University of Montana until his death.<ref name=MansfieldCenter/>