Lanny Smoot is set to be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame and is the second Disney employee besides Walt Disney himself to receive the honor.
Disney Research Fellow and Imagineer Lanny Smoot will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. This recognition highlights his significant contributions to the brand’s most popular attractions.
Cyril and Louis Keller, brothers who invented the world's first compact loader, posthumously were inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in an October ceremony.