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	John Hench - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		By 1954, Hench was in the studio's live action department, as lead developer of the hydraulic giant squid in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, helping to win an Academy Award for Best Special Effects for the film.
		In addition to all of these lengthy achievements, John also was the "official portrait artist" to the big cheese himself, Mickey Mouse.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Hench (273 words)

	Ancestors of William Kinsey Hutchinson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Salome Hench was born in Pennsylvania circa 1780.
		Susanna Hench was born in Pennsylvania circa 1789.
		Julianna Hench was born in Pennsylvania circa 1794.
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	Mickey News °o° - Disney design guru John Hench dies at 95! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hench, whose designs were featured in both the company's animated films and theme parks, died Thursday of heart failure at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank.
		Hench, who was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and grew up in Southern California, got his start as a teen designing window displays in Hollywood.
		Hench, who lived in Toluca Lake, is survived by his wife of 65 years, Lowry.
	www.mickeynews.com /News/PrintStory.asp_Q_id_E_264HenchDies_A_cat_E_DC (529 words)

	JOHN HENCH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		John Hench (1919 - 6 februari 2004) was een Amerikaans striptekenaar.
		Hij was een lid van de Disney-stal en een van de bekendste tekenaars van (portretten van) Mickey Mouse.
		Hench overleed op 95 jarige leeftijd in Californië.
	www.thumpershollow.com /encyclopedia/J/John_Hench (142 words)

	Foundations of Magic
		Hench was involved in all aspects of film creation—he worked variously as a background painter, layout artist, story editor, art editor, colorist and stylist on many of Disney's animated and live action classic films.
		Hench was a master of the “Art of the Show,” a philosophy that demanded that every design element contributed to the story or helped to create a natural visual segue from one themed land to another.
		Hench was also instrumental in pioneering the use of vehicles guided on a track to transport guests through an attraction.
	www.mouseplanet.com /foundations/fm040210sh.htm (1599 words)

	Blog of Death: John Hench
		John Hench, a senior vice president at Walt Disney Imagineering, died on Feb. 5 from heart failure.
		Hench attended the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles and the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
		Hench shared his principles of theme park design and use of color in the book, "Designing Disney: Imagineering and the Art of the Show." The longest tenured employee at The Walt Disney Company, he was presented with the prestigious Disney Legend award in 1990.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000727.html (262 words)

	JOHN HENCH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hench remembers, "He also wanted us to go to Disneyland often to talk to people and observe them because he felt that we had to have a sense of who we were trying to entertain.
		John Hench believes that the force of Walt Disney is still alive at The Walt Disney Company.
		John Hench has his own studio in Montecito, California, and in his spare time, enjoys painting, as well as restoring and enhancing antique photographs.
	www.chasengalleries.com /disney/hench/index.html (1042 words)

	John Hench (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		John Hench (June 29 1908 - February 5 2004) was an employee of the Walt Disney Company for more than sixty years an long tenure which earned the moniker of lifer within the organization.
		By 1954 Hench was in the studio's live department as lead developer of the hydraulic giant squid in 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea helping to win an Academy Award for Best Special Effects for the
		In addition to all of these lengthy John also was the "official portrait artist" the big cheese himself Mickey Mouse.
	www.freeglossary.com /John_Hench (484 words)

	John Hench -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		John Hench (June 29, 1908-February 5, 2004) was an employee of the (Click link for more info and facts about Walt Disney Company) Walt Disney Company for more than sixty years, an exceptionally long tenure which earned the moniker of lifer within the organization.
		One of John's most recognizable works, however, is the well known (Click link for more info and facts about Olympic Torch) Olympic Torch.
		In addition to all of these lengthy achievements, John also was the "official portrait artist" to the big cheese himself, (A fictional mouse created in animated film strips by Walt Disney) Mickey Mouse.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/john_hench.htm (203 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - John Hench - Imagineer and Animator
		John Hench was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on 29 June, 1908 but grew up in California, just as the movie industry was really taking off.
		Hench joined Disney Studios in 1939 as a sketch artist on Fantasia before moving on to story editing, layout and special effect on films such as Dumbo, Peter Pan and Cinderella.
		Hench was also responsible for the expansion of the Disney Theme Parks outside of the American continent, when he supervised the design of Disney Land Tokyo which opened in 1983.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/getwriting/A2384426 (1037 words)

	In Remembrance- John Hench
		Beginning in 1939 Hench was working for Walt Disney as a story artist, and then graduated to the animation department working as a background artist.
		Hench was instrumental in adding the color and styling to Alice In Wonderland (1951) and Peter Pan (1953).
		Hench’s last work as an artist on a Disney film was 1959, in which he added the styling to Donald in MathMagic Land.
	www.filmbuffonline.com /InRemembrance/JohnHench.htm (383 words)

	USATODAY.com - Disney artist John Hench dies at 95 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hench, whose work were featured in both the company's animated films and theme parks, designed such attractions as Disneyland's Space Mountain.
		Hench began his career with Disney in May 1939 as a sketch artist on Fantasia, later working on story editing, layout and special effects for such classic Disney films as Dumbo,Peter Pan and Cinderella.
		Hench, who was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and grew up in Southern California, received a scholarship to the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles and later studied at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
	www.usatoday.com /life/people/2004-02-06-hench-dies_x.htm (491 words)

	John Hench
		John Hench, senior vice president at Walt Disney Imagineering, has been a member of the Disney creative team for over 60 years.
		In addition to his duties at Walt Disney Imagineering, Hench is also the official portrait artist of Mickey Mouse, having painted Mickey's corporate portrait for his 25th (1953), 50th (1978) and 60th (1988) birthdays.
		To further the tradition, Hench was commissioned by Walt Disney Art Classics, the art and collectibles division of The Walt Disney Company, to render Mickey in an official portrait commemorating his 70th birthday.
	allanimation.com /johnhench.html (342 words)

	JimHillMedia.com : Welcome! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		But it is John Hench's surprising creative foresight and eagerness to impart his unparalleled insight that will perhaps be his most vibrant legacy.
		And perhaps John Hench's most revolutionary idea (which he had been floating for years) was a concept to the effect of...
		John Hench was a true Imagineer in every sense of the word.
	www.jimhillmedia.com /mb/articles/showarticle.php?ID=912 (1758 words)

	The Disney Corner - Imagineer John Hench dies at 95
		In the early 1940s, Hench was paired with artist Salvador Dali to create storyboard sketches for a proposed, but not completed, film called "Destino." Walt Disney Feature Animation recently used the original artwork as inspiration for a short film of the same name, which was just nominated for an Academy Award(R).
		Hench worked first on the creation of Tomorrowland at Disneyland and in the process discovered a new career as a Disney park designer.
		Hench continued to work with and inspire a new generation of Disney designers in the creation of Disney-MGM Studios in Florida (1989), Disneyland Paris (1992), Disney's Animal Kingdom in Florida (1998), Disney's California Adventure (2001), Tokyo DisneySea (2001) and Walt Disney Studios in France (2002).
	www.disneycorner.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=51 (1070 words)

	Komix.it Fumetti @ 360° - John Hench ingegnere della fantasia
		John lamentava la sua trasformazione in qualcosa di più «moderno», concetto che recentemente ha devastato la Disneyland originale, riprodotta sempre con la sua supervisione a Tokyo nel 1983.
		John era stato l'unico a dipingerlo con i colori a olio, degni della sua autorevolezza.
		Hench ridacchiava esilarato dal ricordo di quel cigno indemoniato che strepitava in una nuvola di penne mentre lo portava in macchina a Dalì, in quel viaggio eterno da Los Angeles a Carmel, a nord, sulla costa dei barbari, con la paura di farsi sorprendere dalla polizia.
	www.komix.it /modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=3920 (823 words)

	In Remembrance - John Hench by Matthew Walker - StartedByAMouse.com's Archives Section
		John was 95 and had been employed by the company for nearly 65 years.
		Saturday, John was to be honored with the Winsor McCay Award in recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation presented by the International Animated Film Society at the 31st annual Annie Awards.
		John was born June 29, 1908 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
	www.startedbyamouse.com /archives/JohnHench.shtml (736 words)

	02/05/2004: "John Hench dead at 95"
		ContraCostaTimes.com reports that John Hench, "a longtime Disney artist and the official portrait painter of Mickey Mouse", has died at 95.
		Hench designed the Olympic torch for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley; almost every torch since has been based on his design.
		ASIFA-Hollywood announced earlier this year that he would be the recipient of the Winsor McCay Award, a recognition of lifetime contributions to the art of animation, at this year's Annie Awards.
	www.animated-news.com /archives/00000822.html (344 words)

	The Sentinel Online - Archived Story
		John Hench, in "civvies," poses with members of the Army's 1st Military Intelligence Battalion in Mosul, Iraq, in front of their living quarters.
		Hench, a 1997 West Perry High School graduate, flies unmanned surveillance aircraft for Northrop Grumman, formerly TRW, working with a five-man team assigned to the United States Army's 1st Military Intelligence Battalion.
		The Army trained Hench to pilot unmanned aircraft at the 15th Battalion at Fort Hood, Texas,then stationed him in the Balkans, where he enforced compliance with demilitarized areas with the help of Northrop personnel.
	www.cumberlink.com /articles/2004/05/22/weekly/news01.txt (539 words)

	Orlando Tourist Information - John Hench dies
		John Hench, one of Disney's foremost experts in the art of visual storytelling, passed away early Thursday morning after a brief illness.
		Hench, Disney's pre-eminent color expert, had a hand in the design of all 10 of Disney's theme parks.
		Hench's nearly 65 years with the company were influential in all that the company did, from the concept design of Space Mountain to the color selection for all of the Disney theme park castles.
	www.orlandocrazy.com /viewthread.php?goto=lastpost&tid=3749 (206 words)

	George McGinnis talks about WDW's Space Mountain
		The very earliest models followed John's concept sketch, which is shown on the cover of a book entitled Designing Disney: Imagineering and the Art of the Show by John Hench with Peggy Van Pelt.
		My early sketches on the exterior attempted to retain a mountain shape as on John's sketch, by letting the outer curves of track protrude from the mountain as were also on John's sketch.
		John described what he wanted—the load/unload areas to be at the back and pre-show and post-show spaces along a moving belt going in and out.
	www.mouseplanet.com /mark/mg050706gm.htm (3165 words)

	John Hench overleden \|\| Michiel Veenstra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hench, die verantwoordelijk is voor de look en feel van vele legendarische Disney-attracties.
		Without even batting an eye, John replied "I liked it better when it was a parking lot."...
		Nog een aardige quote in dit in memoriam: After attending a special Imagineers-and-their-families-only preview of Disney's California Adventure in January of 2001, Hench was asked what he thought of the new theme park.
	www.tinyurl.com /6jf49 (303 words)

	John Hench (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hench's animation contributions include background painting and special effects in Fantasia, Dumbo, Cinderella and Peter Pan, as well as collaboration with Salvador Dali on the proposed (but never completed) film Destino.
		The same year, Hench began his Imagineering career, working as a conceptual artist, art director and executive truly epitomizing Ray Bradbury's description of Imagineers as Renaissance men.
		Hench helped develop countless attractions, as well as helping to master-plan the development of Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland, EPCOT and Disneyland Paris.
	www.otis.edu /alumni/da/hench.htm (138 words)

	LaughingPlace.com: John Hench: Celebrating All the Colors of His Rainbow, (The #1 Site for Disney)
		John Hench was a creative artist with the rare ability to bring people together.
		This was most fitting, as John Hench had been with WDI for all its fifty years.
		Indeed, Hench was among the first of the Disney studio employees who were hand picked by Walt Disney himself to work on a “secret project” that would become Disneyland.
	www.laughingplace.com /News-PID508080-508080.asp (509 words)

	UVA Health Sciences Library: Historical Collections
		Hench discusses the logistics of inviting Moran and Kissinger to the Lazear Ceremony at Washington and Jefferson College.
		Hench requests information about the Yellow Fever Commission, and for the current names of residents in houses where Walter Reed noted outbreaks of yellow fever in 1900, to verify that the addresses have not changed.
		Hench requests copies of architectural drawings of the Lazear Building and for permission to quote a statement concerning Lazear's relationship to Washington and Jefferson College.
	etext.lib.virginia.edu /healthsci/reed/browse/035.html (4398 words)

	John Hench, the official portrait painter of Mickey Mouse - Below Top Secret General Discussion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		John Hench, the official portrait painter of Mickey Mouse
		John Hench, the official portrait painter of Mickey Mouse, has died in California at the age of 95.
		Hench, a prominent Disney artist whose work was featured in classic cartoons such as Fantasia and Dumbo, had worked for Disney since 1939.
	www.belowtopsecret.com /viewthread.php?goto=lastpost&tid=32132 (290 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Designing Disney: Imagineering and the Art of the Show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In fact, John Hench IS the artist behind much of the how and why of designing Disney theme parks from Disneyland (1955) to Disney's California Adventure (2002).
		John Hench was the person who had the talent and artistic vocabulary to fully articulate the design ideas from Walt Disney's creative explosions, much like Roy Disney had the financial genius to complete his brother's business dealings.
		John's influence on modern design is pretty deep, and the book is an excellent reference for anyone involved in a creative venture to study the wonderful marriage of artistic excellence and public enjoyment.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0786854065 (960 words)

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