Bruce Lawrence Monks (November 8, 1923 – August 22, 2014) was a Michigan politician.

[1] From August 1945 to 1946, Monks served in the United States Army and became a corporal.

[2] While in the Army, he deployed overseas in March 1946 after World War II as a chief clerk and information assistant and served in the Philippines.

[1][2] Prior to serving in the Army, Monks worked for the United Press association as a teletype operator and reporter.

From 1956 to 1959, Monks served as a justice of the peace in Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan.