Disney Princess Disney Princess Disney Princess, also called the Princess Line, is a media franchise and toy-line owned by The Walt Disney Company. Created by Disney Consumer Products chairman Andy Mooney in the early 2000s, the franchise features a line-up of fictional female protagonists who have appeared in various Disney franchises. The franchise does not include all princess characters from the whole of Disney-owned media, but rather refers to select specific characters from the company's animated films and series. , the eleven characters considered part of the franchise are Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel, and Merida.
Scott Tremaine field of astrophysics, and his administrative leadership in support of Canadian and international science". In 2005, Tremaine won the Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. In 2002, Tremaine was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences. In 1999, Tremaine also received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from St. Mary's University. In 1998, Tremaine won the Dirk Brouwer Award which is awarded by the Division of Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society "in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to a wide range of dynamical problems in both solar-system and galactic dynamics." In 1997, Tremaine