Milton Gerstman - my 340th pick to be named a Disney Legend

My 340th pick is Milt Gerstman, who was vice president of construction at Walt Disney Imagineering, the Walt Disney Co. subsidiary that handles construction, design, engineering and project management. He also managed the construction of Epcot Center at Walt Disney World. He was responsible for construction-related services on all U.S. projects for Disney Imagineering in his role. Accroding to historian Jim Korkis - Milt Gerstman recalled, "If you were in the Biergatern [in the Germany pavilion the week before EPCOT Center opened], you'd have said it was impossible to open on time. A lot of people said it was impossible. But it's the difference between the trained eye and the untrained eye. The trained eye knew it could be done. When it has to be done, it can be done. The contractors thought they were building just another building though maybe a little odd-shaped. It became different when Disney came in. The contractors built these stage structures out of wood. They didn't know what they were."