Ira Gershwin Drama for "Of Thee I Sing". In 1988 UCLA established The George and Ira Gershwin Lifetime Musical Achievement Award in recognition of the brothers' contribution to music, and for their gift to UCLA of the fight song "Strike Up the Band for UCLA". Recipients include Angela Lansbury (1988), Ray Charles (1991), Mel Tormé (1994), Bernadette Peters (1995), Frank Sinatra (2000), Stevie Wonder (2002), k.d. lang (2003), James Taylor (2004), Babyface (2005), Burt Bacharach (2006), Quincy Jones (2007), Lionel Richie (2008) and Julie Andrews (2009). Ira Gershwin was a joyous listener to the sounds of the modern world. "He had a
Ira Davenport (politician) He was the Republican candidate for Governor of New York in the 1885 election, and was defeated by Democrat David B. Hill. Davenport died in Bath on October 6, 1904. He was buried at the Davenport Family Cemetery in Bath. In 1887, Davenport Katherine L. Sharpe (1860-1945), the daughter of State Senator George H. Sharpe (1828–1900). They had no children. The Davenport family's charitable donations included founding a home for orphaned girls, which was financed by the senior Ira Davenport and his brother Charles, and supported by Ira Davenport Jr. In addition, the Davenports endowed Bath's Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital,