Ron Logan

Ronald Logan (February 9, 1938 – August 30, 2022) was an American businessman who served as executive vice president of Walt Disney Entertainment (now Walt Disney Creative Entertainment).

[1] Growing up in Leavenworth, Kansas, Logan studied trumpet, violin, piano, and dance.

[citation needed] He began his career with Disney in the 1960s as a trumpet player at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California.

Logan also was executive vice president of the Walt Disney Special Events Group, executive vice president of Disney Special Programs, Incorporated and the founder and first president of Disney Theatrical Productions,[citation needed] which produced Beauty and the Beast on Broadway and later, around the world.

[citation needed] Logan retired from Disney in 2001 and later was an associate professor at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management at the University of Central Florida and the university's vice president of special events.