Leadership and Service
"Public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation." - Margaret Chase Smith
Featured Fellowship: Truman
The Truman Foundation is the nation鈥檚 official living memorial to our thirty-third president and The Presidential Memorial to Public Service. Created by Congress in 1975, the Foundation was President Truman鈥檚 idea. President Truman did not want a bricks and mortar monument. Instead, he encouraged a living memorial that would give life to the values of service that had animated his career. In that spirit, the Truman Foundation is a place that nurtures and supports future generations who answer the call to public service leadership. The hallmark of the Foundation鈥檚 work is the , the premier graduate fellowship in the United States for those pursuing careers as public service leaders. The mission of the Truman Scholarship is to be a beacon for public service for young people across the United States.