Background
Monroe, Pleasant Edgar was born on December 18, 1875 in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Thomas Burton and Victoria Cathrine (Cress) Monroe.
clergyman ex-college president
Monroe, Pleasant Edgar was born on December 18, 1875 in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Thomas Burton and Victoria Cathrine (Cress) Monroe.
Bachelor of Arts, North Carolina College, Master of Arts, 1898. Graduate Chicago Lutheran Seminary, 1901. Doctor of Divinity, Newberry (South Carolina.) College, 1919, Doctor of Laws, 1947.
Kathryne (Mistress Clyde Erson Gwin). Ordained to Lutheran ministry, 1901. Successively pastor Pulaski, Virginia, Ehrhardt and Johnston, South Carolina., Holy Trinity, Hickory, North Carolina, until 1930, Saint James Church, Concord, North Carolina, 1930-1934.
President Summerland, later Newberry (South Carolina.) College, 1913-1924, president Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, North Carolina, 1925-1926, 34-49.
President North Carolina College Conference, 1945-1946.
Member Board Foreign Missions United Lutheran Church.
Married Julia Houseal Hentz, April.