Background
Ivey, William James was born on September 6, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of William James and Grace Christine (Hammes) Ivey.
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Ivey, William James was born on September 6, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of William James and Grace Christine (Hammes) Ivey.
Bachelor of Arts History, University of Michigan, 1966; Master of Arts in Folklore and Ethnomuscicology, Indiana U., 1969.
Director Country Music Foundation, since 1971. Chairman National Endowment for the Arts, since 1998. Associate professor music Brooklyn College, 1979-1980.
Adjunct professor music Blair School Vanderbilt University, 1983-1984. Chairman folk music panel National Endowment Arts, 1976-1978, chairman folk arts panel, 1985-1986. Board directors Nashville Songwriters Association, 1974-1975.
Member Writer's Guild American, National Academy Recording Arts and Sciences (trustee 1976-1980, 88-89, 91-95, vice president 1980-1981, 83-84, national president 1981-1983, national chairman 1989-1991), American Folklore Society (Executive Board 1982-1985), Soaring Society American, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce (chairman convention and visitors committee 1984-1988), Nashville Tourism Commission, National Academy television Arts and Sciences (Board of Governors Nashville chapter 1984-1988), Academy television Arts and Sciences, Copyright Society of the South, President Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. M C.
Married Saundra Keyes, June 19, 1969 (divorced 1976). Married Patricia A. Hall, March 5, 1977 (divorced 1982).