About
Best known for composing songs for films alongside Jay Livingston.
Before fame
He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in economics in 1937.
Trivia
He collaborated with Jay Livingston on Oh, Captain!, the 1958 Tony Award-nominated musical.
Family life
He married Wyn Evans.
Associated with
He co-wrote the song Mona Lisa, which was recorded by Nat King Cole.