This oral history interview with Wesley Granberg-Michaelson was conducted by Jim Strassmaier in three sessions from October 18, 1988, to May 28, 1989, in Parkridge, Illinois, and in San Antonio, Texas, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project.

In this interview, Granberg-Michaelson discusses his family background and early life in the Chicago, Illinois, area. He speaks at length about his evangelical Christian faith, his involvement in the Young Life movement, and how both permeated his political views. He speaks about his college experiences and about how his view of the Vietnam War evolved. He then talks about meeting Mark Hatfield at the National Prayer Breakfast in 1968, and how that led to an internship with Senator Hatfield. He describes his duties as an intern, his promotion to full-time foreign policy advisor a year later, and working with other members of Hatfield’s staff. He also talks about Hatfield’s relationship with his fellow members of Congress. He speaks at length about Hatfield’s efforts to end the Vietnam War, including the McGovern-Hatfield amendment of 1970. He describes Hatfield’s relationship with the Evangelical community. He speaks about the differences in management style between Sam Mallicoat and Gerry Frank, and about a real estate scandal that affected Hatfield’s 1984 re-election campaign. He closes the interview by talking about Hatfield’s family and personal life.