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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Douglas Dayton, who led the transformation of a family department store into retailing giant Target Corp., has died at the age of 88. Dayton's wife, Wendy Dayton, confirmed...

MINNEAPOLIS Douglas Dayton, who led the transformation of a family department store into retailing giant Target Corp., has died at the age of 88. Dayton's wife, Wendy Dayton, confirmed his...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Douglas Dayton, who led the transformation of a family department store into retailing giant Target, has died at the age of 88. Dayton's wife, Wendy Dayton, confirmed his...

Douglas J. Dayton, who served as the first president of Target department stores when his family’s retailing company created the chain 61 years ago, has died. He was 88.

Douglas Dayton, who led the transformation of a family department store into retailing giant Target Corp., has died. He was 88. Dayton’s wife, Wendy Dayton, confirmed his death Sunday. She...

Douglas James Dayton was born on Dec. 2, 1924, in Minneapolis, the youngest of five brothers. His father, George N. Dayton, became president of the family business in 1938.

Douglas James Dayton (December 2, 1924 – July 5, 2013) was an American businessman and philanthropist who helped establish Target Corporation and served as the company's first president. Dayton served in the Army during World War II, earning a Purple Heart. After the war, he joined the family business, Dayton's department store.

Here are some facts about Dayton, who died on July 6 at age 88 in St. Paul, and one of the biggest success stories in American business: Dayton attended Amherst College in Massachusetts - where he majored in history, not business. In an odd twist for a future retailing mogul, the only bad grade he received was a D in economics.