RL Monsheimer, Fact Sheet
Robert “RL” Monsheimer, was born and lived most of his life in various areas of
Montgomery County, MD. He spent 4 years at Fairmont State University to obtain his bachelor’s degree in business, while a competitive swimmer for his four years. He was awarded the “Feaster Academic Award” on his four years at Fairmont and qualified for the NAIA Nationals in two events during his swimming at Fairmont. He overcame illness, injuries and family issues to be able to swim at the college level. RL has spent most of his business career in telecommunications and has led some major projects in the field. His keynote project was to bring high speed broadband to the Indian Schools and hospital on the reservations, a project that many said was impossible to do. He led other projects that are now included in mainstream telecommunications including cellular service on cruise ships, high bandwidth to rural sites for the Federal Government, and turning the radio room on a cruise ship form an expense to a profit center.

After a time working for a company in Baltimore, he went back to obtain his CPA from the State of Maryland, and an Enrolled Agent license by the IRS. Swimming was a major part of his life and that is where he met his wife of forty years, Mickie at swim practice at the JCC in Rockville, MD. Bob swam masters with John Feinstein the sportswriter, and it his work that inspired his first novel, “One Last Swim”, and the inspiration of the next novel “Lilly’s Story – Making the Tour.” The
second to be available in the 2024, by Memorial Day. As a senior athlete he began playing tennis and for the second sport of his life, went to a national completion after a miracle result with the whole team depending on his result. Bob is married and now lives in Millville, Delaware, after leaving his native Maryland in 2020. He has retired from telecommunications but is still consulting periodically for rural telecommunications needs. Bob has 2 adult children; one lives in Maryland, and one lives in Delaware.