Maggie Cavender Birth Name: Mary Margaret Polk Induction Year: 1989 Date of Birth: 9/1/1918 Place of Birth: Nashville, TN Date of Death: 3/24/1996 Place of Death: Nashville, TN Education: High School--Hume-Fogg (NashvilleHigh School--Hume-Fogg (Nashville) Not inducted as a songwriter. Career Milestones: 1967--Nashville Songwriters Association founded (later called the Nashville Songwriters Association International--NSAI); became the first executive director 1970--started running Maggie Cavender Enterprises Comments: First job in Nashville was with Pamper Music Hired by producer-songwriter-publisher Jack Clement Worked at the CMA, helping to coordinate the first awards show Worked for music magnate Shelby Singleton Became administrator of Maypop Music/Alabama Band Music Founded the NSAI