from Warner animation President Sander Schwartz:

"Joe Barbara was a passionate storyteller and a creative genius who, along with his late partner Bill Hanna, helped pioneer the world of animation. Joe's contributions to both the animation and television industries are without parallel – he has been personally responsible for entertaining countless millions of viewers across the globe."

And this one from Warner Bros. Chairman Barry Meyer, who said that Joseph Barbera's cartoons were:

"not only animated superstars, but also a very beloved part of American pop culture…. [from] the Stone Age to the Space Age and from prime time to Saturday mornings, syndication and cable. While he will be missed by his family and friends, [Barbera] will live on through his work."

The sheer lifespan of Joseph Barbera's career means that Hanna-BarberaBenton McKay is credited with conceiving the idea of a continuously marked trail along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains. McKay wrote about his vision in an article that appeared in the Journal of the American Institute of Architects in 1921. The first section of the trail was constructed in Harriman State Park in New York in 1922; the final section was added in Maine in 1937.

Benton MacKaye (1879-1975) first published the idea. He grew up in Shirley Center, Massachusetts, reading the work of American naturalists and poets and taking long walks in the mountains of Massachusetts and Vermont. MacKaye (which is rhymes with “sky”) sometimes claimed that the idea for the A.T. was born one day when he was sitting in a tree atop Stratton Mountain in