Loren Eugene Monroe Sr. (April 5, 1932 – May 29, 2019) was the first African American Michigan State Treasurer.

In 1953, Loren was drafted into the United States Army, serving in the Korean War.

Monroe served as a field auditor for the Michigan Department of Treasury from 1959 to 1970.

In 1980, in his capacity as Michigan Treasurer, he signed a deal with Chrysler CEO Lee A. Iacocca, where the treasury loaned $150 million to the company, which was facing hardship.

In 2006, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick appointed Monroe Detroit auditor general.

His funeral serves were held at Chapel Hill Baptist Church in Detroit on June 4, 2019.

[2] In 2013, in the third edition of the book Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events, Monroe's achievement of being the first African-American Michigan State Treasurer is listed, and he is placed in a list of the "100 Most Influential Black Americans.”[2]