RE/ ROBERT ALLAN MONROE

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Robert Monroe is a man with a diverse set of talents and experiences. He studied engineering and journalism at Ohio State University before entering the radio broadcasting industry as a writer and director. He created and produced numerous radio and TV programs, composed orchestral music for his shows, and worked with notable figures such as George Sanders and Peter Lorre. Monroe later became Vice President of Programs and Director of Mutual Broadcasting System, as well as President of Laury Associates, where he owned and operated radio stations. In addition to his broadcasting career, Monroe developed a strong interest in exploring accelerated learning through expanded forms of consciousness. In 1973, he founded the Monroe Institute of Applied Sciences, which focused on research in this field. Monroe's work led to the development of a patented technique using audio pulses to induce relaxation and sleep. This technique can be used to maintain specific stages of sleep for any duration. Monroe also discovered a method using "binaural beats" to synchronize brain hemispheres and allow external control of brain activity. These discoveries have opened up new possibilities for understanding and applying human thought and behavior. Monroe is still actively involved with the Monroe Institute and has authored the book "JOURNEYS OUT OF THE BODY."

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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 N'
 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 the 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 founded 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 investigation.   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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