Cecil B. Day

Cecil Burke Day
Cecil Burke Day
Born	December 10, 1934[1]; Brooklet, Georgia, United States
Died	December 15, 1978 (aged 44); Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Cecil Burke Day (December 10, 1934 – December 15, 1978) was the founder of Days Inn Hotels.

Biography

Day studied at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, but withdrew prior to graduation to join the United States Marine Corps. After the Marine Corps, Day studied at the Georgia Institute of Technology; he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and graduated with a degree in Industrial Management in 1958.

Day owned real estate in Atlanta, Georgia. He sold a duplex for $4,000,000 and used the funds to open the first Days Inn hotel, which was located on Tybee Island, Georgia. Day coined the phrase "budget-luxury" and expanded his hotel chain with great success building a large network of franchise hotels.

Day had five children and was Southern Baptist. He died of cancer in 1978.[2]

Foundation

Cecil B. Day founded the Day Foundation which supported evangelicals churches, organizations and Bible Colleges.[3]

Places named in his honor

The Cecil B. Day Graduate and Professional Campus of Mercer University in Atlanta, Georgia
The Cecil B. Day Chapel at The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia

Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality Administration at Georgia State University
Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia
Cecil B. Day Fitness Center at Dunwoody Baptist Church in Dunwoody, Georgia
Day Chapel at Atlanta's Perimeter Church[4]

Images

Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center

References

"This Day in Georgia History - 10 dec". georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
Jr, Robert Mcg Thomas (1978-12-19). "Cecil B. Day, at 44; Georgian Who Began Days Inn Motel Chain". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
Darren E. Grem, The Blessings of Business: How Corporations Shaped Conservative Christianity, Oxford University Press, UK, 2016, p. 139
Perimeter Church dedicates new facility in honor of local entrepreneur. Retrieved 2010-Oct-12.]

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[1] "This Day in Georgia History - 10 dec". georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu. Retrieved 2009-04-06.

[2] Jr, Robert Mcg Thomas (1978-12-19). "Cecil B. Day, at 44; Georgian Who Began Days Inn Motel Chain". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-02-04.

[3] Darren E. Grem, The Blessings of Business: How Corporations Shaped Conservative Christianity, Oxford University Press, UK, 2016, p. 139

[4] Perimeter Church dedicates new facility in honor of local entrepreneur. Retrieved 2010-Oct-12.]