Roy E. Disney

He returned [to the Disney Studio] seven years later to serve as the Company’s vice chairman and head of the animation department. Subsequently, Disney animation produced some of its greatest box office successes of all time, including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and The Lion King.

Mary Blair

Animator Marc Davis, who put Mary’s exciting use of color on par with Matisse, recalled, “She brought modern art to Walt in a way that no one else did. He was so excited about her work.”

Ward Kimball

Among the many memorable Disney characters Ward Kimball brought to life were Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio, Tweedledee and Tweedledum in Alice in Wonderland, and Lucifer the Cat in Cinderella.

Ub Iwerks

As an animator, Ub worked at record-breaking speed. He animated the first Mickey Mouse silent cartoon, Plane Crazy, entirely by himself within a three-week period, completing as many as 700 drawings a day.

Steve Martin

Wally Boag, the Golden Horseshoe headliner, was another Steve Martin influence. “I watched Wally’s show many, many times, ” he once said. “He was the first live performer I ever saw. I mostly remember Wally’s performing style,”

Tom Murphy

In addition to leading Capital Cities to its position as a media empire, Murphy distinguished himself as a responsible corporate citizen by a constant emphasis on public service.

Don Edgren

Don led the Imagineering engineering team for New Orleans Square and Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland, while also participating in the initial master planning for Walt Disney World in Florida.

Lillian Disney

“I think my dad fell in love with her almost immediately… she was an independent little lady,” recalled daughter Diane Disney Miller.

Norman “Stormy” Palmer

His onetime assistant, former company vice chairman Roy E. Disney, once recalled, “I particularly remember Stormy’s work on the film Water Birds. For one sequence, he cut images of birds flying to Liszt’s Second Hungarian Rhapsody. This was the Studio’s Fantasia of the nature films, and not only did it create a whole new genre, but it won an Academy Award^®.

Kevin Corcoran

Kevin avoided the disappointment and scandal of many child stars—he maintained a successful and stable career, and has been married to the same woman for 33 years. He credits his family’s down-to-earth sensibility about the business for his ability to avoid its pitfalls.