Carl Nater - my 377th pick to be named a Disney Legend

During World War II, Carl Nater was the production coordinator of military educational films at Disney. Apparently, he was challenged by the U.S. Government auditors for including overhead on his bills which they called “Mickey Mouse bookkeeping”. He is my 377th pick to be named a Disney Legend.
Nater remained in charge of the 16mm film division (later Walt Disney Educational Media) for more than two decades beginning in 1945. Schools could rent Disney features to show in the classroom or as fundraisers. He assured the theatrical film venues that Disney would not even permit schools or PTAs to schedule renting Disney 16mm films on Saturdays since it was considered in direct conflict with motion picture theaters.
Walt Disney, in late 1944, set up a trip to the New York Zoological Society with Carl Nater, who was a production coordinator at the studio during the contentious days of World War II. Nater said that the purpose of the trip was to, “eventually make films on animals, bird life, fish life, and any other type of living creature around which there is a real story to tell.”