[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18279]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING BRUCE DAYTON

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, Minnesota lost a leader, a philanthropist, 
and a pillar in the community with the passing of Bruce Dayton this 
past week. Many will remember Bruce for his role in taking the family-
owned Dayton's Department Store public and turning it into Target, the 
major brand that we know today, but there were many more sides to 
Bruce.
  For one, Bruce was a long-time patron of the arts, donating more than 
$80 million and 2,000 works of art to the Minneapolis Institute of Art. 
I had the opportunity and privilege of serving as a trustee with Bruce 
at the Institute, where I saw his legacy of generosity. He also donated 
land to conservation efforts in our State. Bruce's civic-mindedness and 
business visions are reasons why the Minneapolis Star Tribune said he 
helped ``build a modern Minnesota.''
  Mr. Speaker, the passing of Bruce Dayton is a loss for all of 
Minnesota, and I offer my condolences to Governor Dayton and everyone 
in the Dayton family.

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