Jimmie Dodd

James Wesley Dodd (March 28, 1910 – November 10, 1964) was best known as the MC of the popular 1950s Disney TV show The Mickey Mouse Club, as well as the writer of its well-known theme song, "The Mickey Mouse Club March". A slowed-down version of this march, with different lyrics, became the "Alma Mater" that closed the show.

The original Mouseketeers were frequent guests at the Dodd home for backyard barbecues and sing-alongs. They said that Dodd treated them as part of his extended family.|[5] |[6]

In 1992, he was named a Disney Legend, alongside Mouseketeer, Annette Funicello.