The Disney Legends awards are given annually by The Walt Disney Company to honor individuals who have made a notable contribution to the company. The awards were first given in 1987. Up until 2002, the awards were presented by CEO Michael Eisner and Head of Feature Animation Roy Disney (who is also the nephew of Walt Disney). The 2003 and 2004 awards were presented by Eisner and president Robert A. Iger, after Disney resigned. An award is something given to a person or group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field. ... Alternate meanings: Disney (disambiguation) The Walt Disney Company (also known as Disney Enterprises, Inc. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Dammann Eisner (born March 7, 1942) has been the head of The Walt Disney Company since 1984. ... Roy Edward Disney (born January 10, 1930) is the son of Roy Oliver Disney and the former Edna Francis. ... Walt Disney - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Recipients

1987

• Fred MacMurray, Film

Frederick Martin MacMurray (August 30, 1908 - November 5, 1991) was a Hollywood actor who appeared in over one hundred movies, during a career that lasted from the 1930s to the 1970s. ...

1988

No awards

1989

• Les Clark, Animation (given posthumously)
• Marc Davis, Animation & Imagineering
• Ub Iwerks, Animation & Imagineering (given posthumously)
• Ollie Johnston, Animation
• Milt Kahl, Animation (given posthumously)
• Ward Kimball, Animation & Imagineering
• Eric Larson, Animation (given posthumously)
• John Lounsbery, Animation (given posthumously)
• Wolfgang Reitherman, Animation (given posthumously)
• Frank Thomas, Animation
  • All except Iwerks were Disney's "Nine Old Men".

Marc Fraser Davis (March 30, 1913 - January 12, 2000) was one of the most talented artists at and a main animator for Disney Studios. ... Ub Iwerks (Ubbe Ert Iwwerks) (March 24, 1901–July 7, 1971), was an animator, who was famous for his work for Walt Disney. ... Oliver Martin Johnston, Jr. ... Ward Walrath Kimball (March 4, 1914–July 8, 2002) was an Academy Award winning animator for the Walt Disney Studios. ... Eric Larson ( September 3, 1905- October 25, 1988) was an animator for the Walt Disney Studios in the early 20th century and was one of the Disneys Nine Old Men. ... Wolfgang Reitherman ( June 26, 1909 - May 22, 1985) was a famed Disney animator and one of Disneys Nine Old Men. ... Franklin Thomas (September 5, 1913, Fresno, California - September 8, 2004, Flintridge, California) was one of Walt Disneys team of animators known as the Nine Old Men. ... Disneys Nine Old Men were the core animators (some of whom later became directors) that created the Disney studios most famous work, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs onward to The Rescuers. ...

1990

• Roger Broggie, Imagineering
• Joe Fowler, Attractions
• John Hench, Animation & Imagineering
• Richard Irvine, Imagineering (given posthumously)
• Herb Ryman, Imagineering (given posthumously)
• Richard Sherman, Music
• Robert Sherman, Music

John Hench (June 29, 1908-February 5, 2004) was an employee of the Walt Disney Company for more than sixty years, an exceptionally long tenure which earned the moniker of lifer within the organization. ... Robert B. Sherman (born December 19, 1925) and Richard M. Sherman (born June 12, 1928) are Academy Award-winning American songwriters, who specialize in musical film. ... Robert B. Sherman (born December 19, 1925) and Richard M. Sherman (born June 12, 1928) are Academy Award-winning American songwriters, who specialize in musical film. ...

1991

• Ken Anderson, Animation & Imagineering
• Julie Andrews, Film
• Carl Barks, Animation & Publishing
• Mary Blair, Animation & Imagineering (given posthumously)
• Claude Coats, Animation & Imagineering
• Don DaGradi, Animation & Film
• Sterling Holloway, Animation
• Fess Parker, Film & Television
• Bill Walsh, Film & Television (given posthumously)

Dame Julie Andrews is a British actress, singer, and author, best known for her starring roles in the musical films Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965). ... Carl Barks ( March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000) was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck and the Beagle Boys. ... Sterling Holloway (January 4, 1905 - November 22, 1992) was a perennial voice actor for the Walt Disney Studios, who began with a cameo role in Dumbo and later became a Disney legend as the voice of Winnie the Pooh. ... Fess Parker (born August 18, 1925) is an American film and television actor. ... Bill Walsh (September 30, 1913 _ January 27, 1975) was a movie producer and writer who primarily worked on wholesome family comedies. ...

1992

• Jimmie Dodd, Television (given posthumously)
• Bill Evans, Imagineering
• Annette Funicello, Film & Television
• Joe Grant, Animation
• Jack Hannah, Animation
• Winston Hibler, Film (given posthumously)
• Ken O'Connor, Animation & Imagineering
• Roy Williams, Animation & Television (given posthumously)

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1993

• Pinto Colvig, Animation—Voice (given posthumously)
• Buddy Ebsen, Film & Television
• Peter Ellenshaw, Film
• Blaine Gibson, Animation & Imagineering
• Harper Goff, Film & Imagineering
• Irving Ludwig, Film
• Jimmy MacDonald, Animation—Voice (given posthumously)
• Clarence Nash, Animation—Voice (given posthumously)
• Donn Tatum, Administration
• Card Walker, Administration

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1994

• Adriana Caselotti, Animation—Voice
• Bill Cottrell, Animation & Imagineering
• Marvin Davis, Film & Imagineering
• Van France, Attractions
• David Hand, Animation (given posthumously)
• Jack Lindquist, Attractions
• Bill Martin, Imagineering
• Paul Smith, Music (given posthumously)
• Frank Wells, Administration (given posthumously)

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1995

• Wally Boag, Attractions
• Fulton Burley, Attractions
• Dean Jones, Film
• Angela Lansbury, Film
• Edward Meck, Attractions (given posthumously)
• Fred Moore, Animation
• Thurl Ravenscroft, Animation—Voice
• Wathel Rogers, Imagineering
• Betty Taylor, Attractions

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1996

• Bob Allen, Attractions (given posthumously)
• Rex Allen, Film & Television
• X Atencio, Animation & Imagineering
• Betty Lou Gerson, Animation—Voice
• Bill Justice, Animation & Imagineering
• Sam McKim, Imagineering
• Bob Matheison, Attractions
• Bob Moore, Animation & Film
• Bill Peet, Animation—Story
• Joe Potter, Attractions (given posthumously)

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1997

• Lucien Ads, Music (awarded posthumously)
• Angel Angelopoulos, Publishing (awarded posthumously)
• Antonio Bertini, Character Merchandise
• Armand Bigle, Character Merchandise
• Poul Brahe Pederson, Publishing (awarded posthumously)
• Gaudenzio Capelli, Publishing
• Roberto de Leonardis, Film (awarded posthumously)
• Cyril Edgar, Film (awarded posthumously)
• Wally Feignoux, Film (awarded posthumously)
• Didier Fouret, Publishing (awarded posthumously)
• Mario Gentilini, Publishing (awarded posthumously)
• Cyril James, Film & Merchandise (awarded posthumously)
• Horst Koblischek, Character Merchandise
• Gunnar Mansson, Character Merchandise
• Arnoldo Mondadori, Publishing (awarded posthumously)
• Armand Palivoda, Film (awarded posthumously)
• Andr Vanneste, Character Merchandise (awarded posthumously)
• Paul Winkler, Character Merchandise (awarded posthumously)

1998

• James Algar, Animation & Film
• Buddy Baker, Music
• Kathryn Beaumont, Animation—Voice
• Virginia Davis, Animation
• Roy E. Disney, Film, Animation & Administration
• Don Escen, Administration
• Wilfred Jackson, Animation (awarded posthumously)
• Glynis Johns, Film
• Kay Kamen, Character Merchandise (awarded posthumously)
• Paul Kenworthy, Film
• Larry Lansburgh, Film & Television
• Hayley Mills, Film
• Al and Emma Milotte, Film (awarded posthumously)
• Norman "Stormy" Palmer, Film
• Lloyd Richardson, Film
• Kurt Russell, Film
• Ben Sharpsteen, Animation & Film (awarded posthumously)
• Masatomo Takahashi, Administration
• Vladimir (Bill) Tytla, Animation (awarded posthumously)
• Dick Van Dyke, Film
• Matsuo Yokoyama, Character Merchandise

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1999

• Tim Allen, Television & Film
• Mary Costa, Animation—Voice
• Norm Ferguson, Animation (awarded posthumously)
• Bill Garity, Film (awarded posthumously)
• Yale Gracey, Animation & Imagineering (awarded posthumously)
• Al Konetzni, Character Merchandise
• Ham Luske, Animation (awarded posthumously)
• Dick Nunis, Attractions
• Charlie Ridgway, Attractions

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2000

• Grace Bailey, Animation (awarded posthumously)
• Harriet Burns, Imagineering
• Joyce Carlson, Animation & Imagineering
• Ron Dominguez, Parks & Resorts
• Cliff Edwards, Animation—Voice (awarded posthumously)
• Becky Fallberg, Animation
• Dick Jones, Animation—Voice
• Dodie Roberts, Animation
• Retta Scott, Animation (awarded posthumously)
• Ruthie Tompson, Animation

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2001

• Howard Ashman, Music (awarded posthumously)
• Bob Broughton, Film
• George Bruns, Music (awarded posthumously)
• Frank Churchill, Music (awarded posthumously)
• Leigh Harline, Music (awarded posthumously)
• Fred Joerger, Imagineering
• Alan Menken, Music
• Martin A. "Marty" Sklar, Imagineering
• Ned Washington, Music (awarded posthumously)
• Tyrus "Ty" Wong, Animation

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2002

• Ken Annakin, Film
• Hugh Attwooll, Film
• Maurice Chevalier, Film (awarded posthumously)
• Phil Collins, Music
• Sir John Mills, Film
• Robert Newton, Film & Television (awarded posthumously)
• Sir Tim Rice, Music
• Robert (Bob) Stevenson, Film (awarded posthumously)
• Richard Todd, Film & Television

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2003

• Neil Beckett, Merchandise (awarded posthumously)
• Tutti Camarata, Music
• Edna Francis Disney (awarded posthumously)
• Lillian Disney (awarded posthumously)
• Orlando Ferrante, Imagineering
• Richard Fleischer, Film
• Floyd Gottfredson, Animation (awarded posthumously)
• Buddy Hackett, Film & Television
• Harrison "Buzz" Price, Research Economist
• Alfred Taliaferro, Cartoonist (awarded posthumously)
• Ilene Woods, Music—Voice

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2004

• Bill Anderson, Film, Television & Administration (awarded posthumously)
• Tim Conway, Film
• Rolly Crump, Imagineering
• Alice Davis, Imagineering
• Karen Dotrice, Film & Television
• Matthew Garber, Film (awarded posthumously)
• Leonard H. Goldenson, Television (awarded posthumously)
• Bob Gurr, Imagineering
• Ralph Kent, Imagineering & Attractions
• Irwin Kostal, Music (awarded posthumously)
• Mel Shaw, Animation

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See also

• List of Disney people

This is a list of notable people affiliated with the Walt Disney Company. ...

External links

• Disney Legends at Disney Online (http://disney.go.com/vault/legends/index.html) (Macromedia Flash required)