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Douglas F. (Papa Doug) Manchester

Papa Doug is chairman of Manchester Financial Group. He is a true industrialist with accomplishments on a national and international scale in telecommunications, radio broadcast, medical instrumentation, publishing, and real estate development. Papa Doug is considered father of the San Diego Convention Center after his generous contribution of the property for its development. The completion of the second largest Marriott and Hyatt hotels in the world anchored its success and gave birth to the vast downtown redevelopment still continuing today. In addition to the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina and the Manchester Grand Hyatt, his investment and development projects include The Grand Del Mar Resort & Spa, Manchester Executive Center, Manchester Financial Building, and the Whitetail Lodge and Golf Club, and soon a convention center hotel in Austin, Texas. Papa Doug was the catalyst for the now famous Biotech cluster at Torrey Pines. Currently, Papa Doug is Chairman and Publisher of the San Diego Union Tribune.

A graduate from San Diego State University, he is a former trustee of the University of San Diego and Wake Forest University, founder of the San Diego chapter of the Alexis de Toqueville Society, and currently serves as a member of The Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute Board of Trustees. In 1973 he joined YPO and co-founded its San Diego chapter, as well as the Idaho chapter, the Rio Platte chapter, and the Vietnam chapter. He has served as chairman of the San Diego chapter and was voted Man-of-the-Year. He joined CEO in 1992 and served as a member of the Board and chaired the Vatican College. Papa Doug has five children and 11 grandchildren. He enjoys golf, tennis, marathon running, heliskiing, travel, and “making positive memories.”

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DFM Life Foundation

The Manchester family foundation contributes millions of dollars to the many needful organizations that provide health and human services to benefit children.

If you would like to help us further our cause, please send your donations to:

DFM Life Foundation
One Market Place, 33rd Floor
San Diego, CA 92101

Manchester Grand Resorts

The resort and hotel division of the Manchester Financial Group has been an integral part of San Diego's evolving landscape, developing landmark properties including the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina, Whitetail Club, a four-season, golf and residential luxury resort on pristine Payette Lake in McCall, Idaho, and The Grand Del Mar, a luxury golf resort complete with spa and villas within the Grand Golf Club in Del Mar, California.