Donald Breckenridge

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Donald Breckenridge was founder and president of Breckenridge Hotels Corporation. In 43 years, he oversaw the building of 43 hotels in 11 US states, including the Breckenridge Pavilion, now the Pavilion Hotel, in St. Louis, Missouri. He was married to wife Diane for 35 years, had six children and 13 grandchildren and was very active in the St. Louis community: he was a board member of more than 30 civic organizations, including the Variety Club, the local Muscular Dystrophy Association and the St. Louis Visitors and Convention Commission. He died at the age of 73 on 30 November 2005, one year after being diagnosed with lung cancer.