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Douglas Dayton. Douglas James Dayton (December 2, 1924 – July 5, 2013) was an American retail executive, businessman, and philanthropist and heir to the Dayton's Company fortune who was the co-founder of the Target discount stores chain. Dayton ran Target's operations during its early years and served as the company's first president.
Target's president, Douglas J. Dayton, returned to the parent Dayton Corporation and was succeeded by William A. Hodder. Senior vice-president and founder John Geisse left the company. Geisse was later hired by St. Louis–based May Department Stores, where he founded the Venture Stores chain. Target Stores ended the year with eleven units and ...
A pioneer of retail who showed the world a new way to sell goods in Roseville died Friday, many media outlets have reported. Douglas Dayton, uncle of Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, was 88. Minnesota ...
Douglas Dayton (grandson) Mark Dayton (great-grandson) George Draper Dayton (March 6, 1857 – February 18, 1938) was an American businessman and philanthropist, most famous for being the founder of Dayton's department store, which later became Target Corporation. [1][2]
Beyond his relationship to Gov. Mark Dayton, Dayton is also the grandson of Douglas Dayton, who was the founder and first president of Target. Dayton graduated from high school in 2009, then ...
Douglas Dayton, Who Opened First Target Store in Roseville, Dies at 88. In May 1962, the retail world saw something new in Roseville: the Target store bulls-eye.
Geisse was born on September 1, 1920, [2] in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of aeronautical inventor John Harlin and Esther (née Wattawa) Geisse. [3] He grew up in the Washington, D.C., area [3] and attended St. John's College High School. [4] He was set to graduate from the United States Naval Academy with the class of 1942, [1][5][6] until the ...
The oldest building in Dayton was best known as Fat Eddies Groaning Board, Chi Am (Chinese cuisine), Dayton Diner, Dayton Express, Whitlock Tavern and now La Taverna Restaurant and Bar.