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Mr. Monroe is a man of many talents. More important, he has the abil-
ity to explore and experience these different facets that make up an unusual
personality.
The son of a college professor and a medical doctor mother, he received
his degree from Ohio State University after studies in engineering and jour-
nalism, and entered the radio broadcasting industry as a writer and director
of programs. He went to New York in 1939, where he was the creator and pro-
ducer of some 400 radio and TV network programs in the ensuing twenty year
period. In addition to directing and writing,'he composed all of the orches-
tral music for his programs, much of which is still in use in television and
motion pictures.
His first radio network programs was ROCKY GORDON, a railroad adventure
series which for several years preceeded the famous LOWELL THOMAS - AMOS N1
ANDY program block on NBC. Some of the other network program series he cre-
ated and produced were HIGH ADVENTURE (George Sanders), NIGHTMARE (Peter
Lorre) , STARLIGHT THEATRE (Madeleine Carroll), SCRAMBLE (Bob Ripley), MGM
SCREEN TEST, and th*e quiz shows TAKE A NUMBER and MEET YOUR MATCH.
After an early sojourn at Donohue and Coe, Advertising, he formed Rob-
ert Monroe Productions, which at its peak operation, was producing as many
as 28 network shows weekly. He later became Vice President of Programs and
Director of Mutual Broadcasting System, Inc., a position he held until mid-
1956. He then became President of Laury Associates, which brought him into
ownership and operation of radio stations in North Carolina and Virginia.
He also formed Jefferson Cable Corporation, which as President, he guided in
the construction and operation of cable-TV systems in Charlottesville and
Waynesboro, Virginia - a position he held until April, 1976.
Mr. Monroe's major avocation in recent years has been exploration and
research into practical methods of accelerated learning through expanded
forms of consciousness. To augment such activity, he foun6ed the Monroe In-
stitute of Applied Sciences in 1973, with facilities and laboratories at
Afton, Virginia. With his long and varied experience in sound, it was nat-
ural that he utilized'this medium for investiqation. One of the results of
his work was a method and technique of inducing relaxation and sleep, which
was granted a generic patent in 1975. The technique employs a system of
audio pulses which create a frequency-following response in the human brain.
By this method, it is now possible to hold and maintain specific stages of
sleep for any depth and duration in the average person. A later development
at the Institute has utilized the same method and technique in a form of
"binaural beats" to create syncronization of both left and right hemispheres
in the human brain. This discovery also permits external control of the
degree of activity of either right or left brain. These two patterns, when
employed in an ordered sequence to achieve specific effects, offer a Sig-
nificant gateway to new understanding and application of human thought and
endeavor. Along with others, the Monroe Institute is exploring the potent-
ials of such methods in all areas of individual and cultural activity.
Mr. Monroe, as Executive ' Director of the Institute he founded, still
plays an active part in this educational-research organization. He also
is author of the book, "JOURNEYS OUT OF THE BODY" (Doubleday) , which has
been publishshed in five languages world-wide. With his family, he lives
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