Biographies

(living?) John Wise was a structural engineer for WED Enterprises, Inc. Wise served as chief engineer at Disneyland and held other engineering positions in the

(1916-2005) Esmond Cardon “Card” Walker served as president of Walt Disney Productions from 1971 to 1980 and chairman of the board from 1980 to 1983.

(1913-1993) Donn Tatum came to Walt Disney Productions as production business manager in 1956 and was later executive vice president of Disneyland, Inc. After 1960,

(1922-1996) Al Smoots was a civil engineer. He served as partner at Dames & Moore, a Los Angeles-based engineering firm that worked on Walt Disney

(1922-1996) Al Smoots was a civil engineer. He served as partner at Dames & Moore, a Los Angeles-based engineering firm that worked on Walt Disney

Retlaw Enterprises was corporation of the Walt Disney family, with the name being Walter spelled backward. Retlaw took over the family interests when Walt Disney

(1921-2010) A research economist, Harrison “Buzz” Price was given the task, while working at Stanford Research Institute, of determining the economic feasibility and surveying the

(1933- ) Ronald William Miller Walt Disney’s son-in-law and the husband of Diane Disney,  joined Disney in 1957 and served as associate producer of such

(1924-2010) Thornton Ladd was an architect and partner of the firm Ladd & Kelsey. He and John Kelsey drew up the plans for the Mineral

(living) Hank Klehn was an engineer. He served as executive vice president of Dames & Moore, a Los Angeles-based engineering firm that worked on Walt