Dave Burkhart
was a model maker with Disney. He worked extensively on the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney World, and has a tombstone memorial with his name on it in the Que.
After the Mansion, he worked as a field
art producer and show designer on the Swiss Family Treehouse and 20,000
Leagues Under the Sea.
In 1974 Dave became Superintendent of Decoration at Disneyland in
charge of making the 'show aspects' of the park look good every day. He
kept advancing in the company until his assignment in 1984 to the Tokyo
Disneyland Project. There, he created the Show Quality Assurance Program
to help Japanese management learn how to keep maintenance on par with
the rest of the Disney Parks.
After leaving Disney in 1996, Dave worked for Universal Studios as the Creative Director for their theme park in Japan.
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