C. Langhorne Washburn served in the late '70s as VP of the EPCOT project, in charge of convincing foreign nations of financing pavillions in the World Showcase section of the park. A staunch Republican whose ancestors were friends with Abraham Lincoln, he also served in the Nixon and Ford administrations. He passed away on March 4 this year at the age of 92. Michael Crawford managed to locate his privately released autobiography (not available commercially). I just finished reading it yesterday. Not a lot about Disney, but 3 or 4 pages of never-heard-before anecdotes about the courting of countries during the initial phases of the World Showcase project, most of which do not appear in Jack Lindquist's book.
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