School Songs

Tribute to the Writers

Composer: Lovell Ives

“Alma Mater” composer Prof. Emeritus Lovell Ives was a member of the UW-Green Bay Music faculty from 1969 until his retirement in 1997. The long-time director of jazz studies, he was a founder of the annual UW-Green Bay Jazz Fest, director of the UW-Green Bay Jazz Ensemble, performer on trumpet in venues ranging from symphony orchestras to Dixieland jazz groups, leader of the Green Bay Packer Band and the Lovell Ives Orchestra, arranger of music, activist in professional music organizations, and teacher and mentor to hundreds of students, many of whom went on to careers in music.

Lyricist: Peter Stambler

Lyricist Peter Stambler was a member of the Humanistic Studies and English faculties at UW-Green Bay from 1975 to 1990. A published poet and playwright, he won the UW-Green Bay Founders Association Award for Community Outreach in 1983 for his active outreach for poetry and communication, giving scores of readings and seminars to schools, organizations and businesses throughout the region. During his time at UW-Green Bay, he won a Wisconsin Public Radio playwriting competition and three times won the Best Book Award of the Council for Wisconsin Writers.