Background
Disney Miller began working on her father"s legacy in the 1950s.
Disney Miller began working on her father"s legacy in the 1950s.
She published a series of eight pieces for the Saturday Evening Post in 1956 titled "My Dad, Walt Disney", co-written with Pete Martin. In 1957 she published the book The Story of Walt Disney. Disney was instrumental in pushing ahead with the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Los Angeles
The project was initiated with a $50 million gift from her mother in 1988, but was stalled for a time due to cost negotiations.
Disney ensured the original design by Frank Gehry went ahead, and the hall finally opened in 2004. Disney was present at the Disneyland birthday celebration on July 17, 2005 where she read her father"s original dedication of the theme park from fifty years prior.
She was directly involved in organizing development of The Walt Disney Family Museum in the Presidio of San Francisco, which opened in October 2009.