Don't suppose there's any way in hell it could be this guy.
"President Franklin D. Roosevelt called his Supreme Court the 'nine old men'. As a joke, Walt Disney named his earliest key animators by the same term.
Ward Kimball was one of the original 'Nine Old Men' of the Walt Disney Company.
Kimball joined Disney in 1934, and is best remembered for his creation of Jiminy Cricket in the movie, Pinocchio. He worked in a variety of areas for the Walt Disney Company, and his love of trains not only started Walt on the hobby, but was reflected in his work as a consultant for the EPCOT attraction, The World of Motion. He was honored as a Disney Legend in 1989."