Keith Monroe (22 August 1915 – 30 August 2003) was an American author of children's science fiction and of books and magazine articles about

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ing. Monroe attended Stanford University and UCLA. He worked as a reporter for the ''New York Herald Tribune'', for advertising and public relations firms, and for

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. At times, he was a full-time freelance writer. His work appeared in such magazines as ''Saturday Evening Post'', ''New Yorker'', '', Harper's'', ''Blue Book'', ''Galaxy'', ''Argosy'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. His pseudonyms included Donald Keith, Rice E. Cochran, and Dale Colombo.

Scouting

Monroe was deeply involved with Scouting. He served as Scoutmaster for Troop 2 in Santa Monica, California from its founding in December 1945 until 1987. He wrote articles for ''

'', the magazine for adult Scout leaders; merit badge instruction pamphlets; and fiction for ''

''. Under the name Rice E. Cochran, he published ''Be Prepared!'', a humorous memoir of his experiences as a Scoutmaster.It was the basis for the 1953 movie ''

Mister Scoutmaster ''Mister Scoutmaster'' is a 1953 comedy film about Boy Scouts, starring Clifton Webb. It is based on the book ''Be Prepared'' by Keith Monroe, writing under the pseudonym Rice E. Cochran. Plot An arrogant, aloof television personality gets mor ...

''. Monroe was a recipient of the

Silver Beaver Award The Silver Beaver Award is the council-level distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America. Upon nomination by their local Scout council and with the approval of the National Court of Honor, recipients of this award are registered adu ...

Science fiction

Collaborating under the pseudonym Donald Keith with his father, Donald Monroe, Keith Monroe wrote the

Time Machine series The Time Machine series of science fiction stories for young adults, published between 1959 and 1989 in ''Boys' Life'' magazine, featured a group of American Boy Scouts who acquire an abandoned time machine. The Polaris Patrol visited the future ...

, originally published in ''Boys' Life'' between 1959 and 1989. Donald Keith also contributed stories to ''

Galaxy Science Fiction ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by a French-Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break into the American market. World Editi ...

'' and ''

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''. Using the pseudonym Dale Colombo, Keith Monroe published in ''Boys' Life''a series about Scouts in space, featuring a protagonist named Ed Linden, set aboard the spaceship ''Magellan''. These Scouts had been born in interstellar space during the decades-long journey from Earth to planets orbiting a distant star.

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