Bruce Dayton

Bruce Bliss Dayton (August 16, 1918 – November 13, 2015) was an American retail executive, businessman, and philanthropist. Dayton was the last surviving of member of the five Dayton brothers – all grandsons of George Dayton, the founder of The Dayton Company – who expanded their grandfather's Dayton's department store in downtown Minneapolis from a single location into the national Target Corporation, one of the largest retail store chains in the United States. Dayton served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Dayton Hudson Corporation, the company now known as the Target Corporation, before becoming the chairman of Dayton Hudson from 1970 to 1977.

Bruce Dayton also founded the B. Dalton Bookseller in 1966. He named the bookstore chain after himself, replacing the Y in his surname with an L. At its height, B. Dalton was the largest retailer of hardcover books in the U.S., with 798 locations. Dayton was the father of the Governor of Minnesota and former U.S. Senator, Mark Dayton.

Dayton was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 16, 1918, as the second oldest of five brothers. He was the grandson of George Draper Dayton, who had founded the Dayton Company, a Minneapolis department store established in 1902. His mother was the former Grace Bliss, while his father, George Nelson Dayton, was the President and Chairman of Dayton Company. Bruce Dayton received a bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1940. He then served in the United States Army during World War II and arrived in France on May 10, 1945, just two days after V-E Day.

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