Michael Monroney ’51

Michael Monroney ’51 died on August 3 of cancer in Washington, D.C. Born in Boston and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Washington, D.C., he graduated from St. Albans School and served two years in the U.S. Navy before matriculating with our class. After graduation he was a staff reporter for The Washington Post until 1956, when he joined the 1956 presidential campaign of Adlai Stevenson. In 1957 he became director of information and research for the Montgomery County (Maryland) government. In 1959 and 1960 he was a staff member for Congressman John Brademas (D-Ind.) and also active in the Kennedy/Johnson campaign in northern Indiana. From 1961 to 1966 he served as executive assistant to three postmasters general, heading the U.S. Post Office’s congressional relations. In 1966 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in Maryland. From 1967 to 1970 he served as special assistant to the president and CEO of Communications Satellite Corp., and then for three years represented a number of companies as a lobbyist. From 1973 to 1988 he headed TRW’s Washington office. In those years he also served on the boards of the Business-Government Relations Council and the Bryce Harlow Foundation. Following his retirement from TRW he served as chairman of the Coalition for Fiscal Restraint and then became a volunteer for the Concord Coalition. His marriages to Florence Neville Gherardi and Jocelyn Mason Murray ended in divorce. Mike is survived by children Michael Jr., Erin, Alice and Susanna and three grandchildren.