Kym Murphy
The story of the making of EPCOT needs to be properly told, one day. It is, first and foremost, the story of the men and women who created it. This interview with Kym Murphy and the one that follows, with his colleague Chris Runco, are two small attempts at beginning somewhere.
Didier Ghez: When and where were you born and what did you do before joining Disney?
Kym Murphy: I had a very crazy childhood. I was born in Hollywood in 1941. The date was February 10, 1941, just 10 months before Pearl Harbor. My mother, unfortunately, was not married at the time. So you can imagine, under those circumstances, that this was a very scandalous and difficult situation for her.[…]
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DG: Before we talk about your first few days at WED, you mentioned that you had done a bit of consulting on some projects before that for them. Do you remember on what projects you were working and what was the consulting about? Any stories about that?
KM: Sure. You’ve heard of Mineral King? It was Walt’s dream of creating a very unique ski resort in the High Sierras. A team at WED had worked on it quite extensively. It was going to be unique in the world as far as ski resorts are concerned. The location was spectacular and they made a tremendous amount of headway. But the environmentalists, especially the Sierra Club and others, fought the project tooth and nail. […]
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Parent contents
- Parent entry
- 1 - Bill Cottrell (Bob Thomas)
- 2 - Bill Justice and Bob Broughton (Bob Thomas)
- 3 - Ken OConnor (Bob Thomas)
- 4 - Ken OConnor (EMC West)
- 5 - Armand Bigle with Betty Bigle (Bob Thomas)
- 6 - Betty Bigle and Gérald Bigle on Armand Bigle (Didier Ghez)
- 7 - Dominique Bigle on Armand Bigle (Didier Ghez)
- 8 - Pierre Nicolas (Didier Ghez, 1991)
- 9 - Pierre Nicolas (Didier Ghez, 2008)
- 10 - Antonio Bertini (Bob Thomas)
- 11 - To the Top in Ten Years with the Family Formula (Kinematograph Weekly)
- 12 - Disney in the Scandinavian Countries 1928-1945 (Are Myklebust)
- 13 - Andy Thewlis (Bob Thomas)
- 14 - Gunnar Mansson (Bob Thomas)
- 15 - Horst Koblischek (Bob Thomas)
- 16 - Dan Gonzales on Manuel Gonzales (François Willot, Armando Botto)
- 17 - Irving Ludwig (Bob Thomas)
- 18 - The Music of Treasure Island (John Huntley)
- 19 - Herb Hughes (Didier Ghez)
- 20 - Royal "Mickey" Clark (Jim Korkis & Didier Ghez)
- 21 - Royal "Mickey" Clark (Bob Thomas)
- 22 - Marvin Davis and Marjorie Davis (Bob Thomas)
- 23 - Marty Sklar (Bob Thomas)
- 24 - Dick Nunis (Bob Thomas)
- 25 - Jack Lindquist (Bob Thomas)
- 26 - Craig McNair Wilson (Jim Korkis)
- 27 - Kym Murphy
- 28 - Chris Runco (Didier Ghez)
