Walter Elias Disney (1901-1966) — also known as
Walt Disney; "Uncle Walt" — of
California. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
5, 1901. Son of Elias Disney (1859-1941) and Flora (Call) Disney
(1868-1938); married, July 13,
1925, to Lillian Bounds (1899-1997). Republican. Candidate for
Presidential Elector for California, 1944.
Irish
ancestry. Producer
or director
of several hundred films
from 1922 until the 1960s; creator and first voice of Mickey Mouse;
founder of Disney entertainment company and of Disneyland, the
world's first
theme park; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom on
September 14, 1964. In honor of his invention of the multiplane
camera, he is an inductee to the National Inventors Hall of
Fame. Died, of lung
cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
15, 1966. Cremated; ashes
interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
Eugene Murphy Locke (1918-1972) — also known as
Eugene M. Locke — of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex. Born in 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964;
U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, 1966-67. Received the Presidential Medal of
Freedom in 1967. Died in 1972.
Burial
location unknown.
Gerard Coad Smith (1914-1994) — also known as
Gerard C. Smith — of Washington,
D.C. Born May 4,
1914. U.S. Ambassador to , 1977-80. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in
1981. Died July 4,
1994. Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Robert Schwarz Strauss — also known as Robert S.
Strauss — of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1964
(alternate), 2000,
2004;
Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1972-77; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1991; Russia, 1992. Recipient of the Presidential Medal of
Freedom on January 16, 1981. Still living as of 2004.
Philip Charles Habib (1920-1992) — also known as
Philip C. Habib — of California. Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
25, 1920. Son of Alexander Habib and Mary Spiridon Habib; married
to Marjorie Slightam. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, 1971-74; helped negotiate the 1978 Camp David
accords between Egypt and Israel. Lebanese
ancestry. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1982.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Puligny-Montrachet, France,
May
25, 1992. Interment at Veterans
Cemetery, San Bruno, Calif.
Walter Hubert Annenberg (1908-2002) — also known as
Walter H. Annenberg — of Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March 13,
1908. Son of Moses Annenberg and Sarah Annenberg; married 1938 to
Veronica Dunkelman (divorced 1950); married 1951 to Leonore
Cohn Rosentiel. Vice-president of his father's company, which
published the Racing Form and other newspapers;
he and his father were indicted
for tax
evasion in 1939, but the charges against him were dismissed as
part of a plea bargain; inherited the company when his father died;
founder of Seventeen and TV Guide; owner of radio and
television stations; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1969-74. Jewish
ancestry. Member, Newcomen
Society; Sigma
Delta Chi;
