10 Facts About Marty Sklar

Martin A "Marty" Sklar was a scriptwriter and construction developer.

Marty Sklar was The Walt Disney Company's international ambassador for Walt Disney Imagineering, the subsidiary of the company which designs and constructs Disney theme parks and resorts across the world.

Marty Sklar was formerly vice president of Concepts and Planning for the company, before being promoted to president, then vice chairman and principal creative executive before his final role.

Marty Sklar is the keeper of the keys, the conscience, the Jiminy Cricket for the organization.

On February 16,2006, then-chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, the unit of The Walt Disney Company which serves as the umbrella for Walt Disney Imagineering, Jay Rasulo, announced that Marty Sklar would resign from his current position and take up the new position of international ambassador for Walt Disney Imagineering.

Marty Sklar was honored with a window on Main Street, USA in Disneyland on his final day.

Marty Sklar served as President of Ryman Arts, whose Ryman Program for Young Artists honors Herb Ryman, an artist, designer and fellow Disney Legend.

Marty Sklar won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Themed Entertainment Association in 1995, and has been inducted into the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions Hall of Fame.

In 2016, Marty Sklar was awarded the Diane Disney Miller Lifetime Achievement Award from The Walt Disney Family Museum.

Marty Sklar died in his Hollywood Hills home on July 27,2017.