For the retired NBC News correspondent of the same name, see Bill Monroe (journalist).
For the Negro League baseball player of the same name, see Bill Monroe (baseball player). William Smith Monroe (September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American musician who developed the style of music known as bluegrass, which takes its name from his band, the "Blue Grass Boys," named for Monroe's home state of Kentucky. Monroe's performing career spanned 60 years as a singer, instrumentalist, composer and bandleader. He is often referred to as "the father of bluegrass."
Bill Monroe (born July 17, 1920, New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former television journalist for NBC News and was the fourth moderator of the NBC program Meet the Press (1975–84), succeeding program founder Lawrence E. Spivak.in_histor_3.html" target="_blank">http://natpe.blogs.com/ph10/2006/11/today_in_histor_3.html For some years prior to his assuming the moderator's chair, Monroe served as one of four regular weekly panelists on the show. He also served as Washington bureau chief for NBC and frequenly reported for The Today Show.
Earlier in his career, Monroe served as the first-ever news director for _WDSU-TV in his hometown of New Orleans, an NBC affiliate.blank">http://www.nola.com/living/t-p/index.ssf?/base/living-0/116729149644300.xml&coll=1 Monroe graduated from _Tulane University, also in his native city.
William S. Monroe (c. 1877 – March 16 1915) was an American infielder in baseball's Negro leagues. He was also known by the nickname of "Money." During a 19-year career from 1896 to 1914, he played on many of the greatest teams in black baseball. He was a good hitter and slick fielding third base and second baseman who was compared to major league star Jimmy Collins. Monroe played all four infield positions, but spent his prime seasons at third base and second base. He was known for his showmanship, and entertained crowds with feats such as catching "Texas Leaguers" behind his back and kicking ground balls to make them bounce into his hands. In a 1952 Pittsburgh Courier newspaper poll to select the greatest Negro League ballplayers of history, Monroe was named as the third-team second baseman behind Jackie Robinson and Bingo DeMoss. He was one of 94 Negro League candidates initially recommended by the National Baseball Hall of Fame's screening committee for the 2006 Hall of Fame election by the Committee on African American Baseball, though he did not make the list of 39 names that ultimately appeared on the ballot.
