Dave Smith

“My greatest reward has been getting to know the many people who have come to use the Archives over the years. I have been especially proud to be a guide and mentor to so many young people who have gone on to exceptional careers in the Disney organization.” —Dave Smith

Bob Schiffer

“Bob was one of the quiet talents who made Hollywood great. He worked with the legendary stars, who we all know by single names—Astaire, Bogart, Welles, Hepburn, Hayworth, Lancaster, Midler, and Hanks. —Michael Eisner

Carl Bongirno

“Epcot and all of Disney’s attractions will always be in a state of becoming. The challenge to us is enormous, but we are ready to meet it. —Carl Bongirno

Peter Jennings

“Peter took his work very seriously. But he did not take himself seriously. And he was a little uncomfortable—very uncomfortable—with the word ‘star,’ and a little uncomfortable with the word ‘anchor’ because he really did think about himself as a ‘reporter.’”—Dan Rather

Randy Newman

“I took a look at some of the storyboards and animation tests they had done, and I was just amazed by the way it looked, and I liked the idea of the story. I absolutely loved the people involved with the project.” —Randy Newman on his attraction to Toy Story

Jimmy Johnson

“It was Jimmy’s dedication and drive that really created the Walt Disney Records we know today.”—songwriter and Disney Legend Richard M. Sherman

Sir Elton John

In the early 1990s, Elton embarked on songwriting collaborations with lyricist Tim Rice, resulting in the soundtrack to the Walt Disney Pictures 1994 animated feature The Lion King. At first, though, Elton wasn’t too sure of success: “I sat there with a line of lyrics that began, ‘When I was a young warthog,’” John said in 1995, “and I thought, ‘Has it come to this?’”

Ron Logan

From a starting point of simple marching bands and costumed characters, Ron Logan delighted Disney Guests with spectacles, fireworks, music spectaculars, and Broadway-style stage musicals, all within the gates of Disney.

Joe Ranft

“Joe was really a major part of Pixar’s soul. He was one of the key players who made all the films what they are.”—Pete Docter, director of Monsters, Inc. and Up, once said.

Roone Arledge

Don Hewitt, the producer of 60 Minutes at CBS, and the only executive in network news whose longevity and influence rivaled Roone’s, said, ‘‘Just about everything that’s good in television has a Roone Arledge trademark on it.’’