Most of the names of this year's recipients may be unfamiliar to you, but no doubt you'll recognize the varied projects they helped to create:
- Roone Arledge: Former President of ABC News and ABC Sports, creator of 20/20, Wide World of Sports and many other programs (posthumous).
- Art Babbitt: A controversial choice: Animator (Snow White, Pinocchio) who led the infamous 1941 strike against the Disney Studio (posthumous).
- Carl Bongirno: Former President of Disney Imagineering, oversaw the construction of Epcot.
- Marge Champion: The famed dancer was the live action reference model for Snow White, the Blue Fairy and others.
- Dick Huemer: Animator, writer and director on shorts and such features as Fantasia, Dumbo and Alice in Wonderland (posthumous).
- Ron Logan: Tony Award-nominated producer of Beauty and the Beast on Broadway; also produced many live shows for the theme parks worldwide.
- Lucille Martin: Walt Disney’s personal secretary for many years.
- Thomas Murphy: CEO of ABC prior to Disney's acquisition of the network.
- Randy Newman: Oscar winning composer of such films as Toy Story, James and the Giant Peach, A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc. and Cars.
- Floyd Norman: Animator and story artist on such films as The Jungle Book, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan and Toy Story 2.
- Bob Schiffer: Legendary Hollywood make-up artist; his Disney work included pretty much every live action movie from 1969 to 1986 (posthumous).
- Dave Smith: Longtime Disney archivist and author; his Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopediais a must-have for any Disney fan.
Links via Disney.go.com, O-meon.com, Imdb.com, WDWInfo.com, Wikipedia.org and Museum.tv.
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