A: Erdman Patrick Heinrich Penner, the son of pioneer doctor Erdman Penner and his French wife, Blanche, was born in Rosthern, Saskatchewan on January 17, 1905. He attended the University of Saskatchewan for two years, then the American Academy of Art and the Art Institute in Chicago, and the American School for Writers in Hollywood.  At the last one, he studied screenwriting. He joined Disney in May 1935 and remained until November 1956 as a storyman and story director. He received credit for story adaptation on Pinocchio, Victory Through Air Power, and Sleeping Beauty, and for story on Fantasia, Make Mine Music, Melody Time, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and Lady and the Tramp, on which he was also listed as associate producer. He married Irene Gross in 1935 and passed away in 1956, at the age of 51.