I'm not sure who wrote it, I just know that it's a real tear jerker!!! I want one of my best friends in ADPi who I plan on having as a bridesmaid sing it, but I dont' know if she'll make it through. OUr senior year when she sang it and I was RVP she wouldn't even look at me so she wouldn't blow it for pref!! And yes we do sing the creed, well part of it anyway. Up until, "that it is a way of life." Then we contiue humming the same tune as the president recites it from memory. It's pretty cool.