<Table> <Tr> <Td> Martha Rountree </Td> <Td> 1947 -- 1953 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ned Brooks </Td> <Td> 1953 -- 1965 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lawrence E. Spivak </Td> <Td> 1966 -- 1975 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bill Monroe </Td> <Td> 1975 -- 1984 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Roger Mudd and Marvin Kalb ( co-moderators ) </Td> <Td> 1984 -- 1985 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Marvin Kalb </Td> <Td> 1985 -- 1987 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chris Wallace </Td> <Td> 1987 -- 1988 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Garrick Utley </Td> <Td> 1989 -- 1991 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tim Russert </Td> <Td> 1991 -- 2008 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tom Brokaw </Td> <Td> 2008 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Gregory </Td> <Td> 2008 -- 2014 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chuck Todd </Td> <Td> 2014 -- present </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who had the longest tenure as moderator on meet the press
Tim Russert