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Arthur W. Perdue
Born (1885-08-08 ) August 8, 1885[1] Died June 27, 1977(1977-06-27) (aged 91 )[2]
Arthur W. Perdue (1885–1977) was an American businessman and the founder of Perdue Farms [3] [4] [4] [5]
Family and background [ edit ]
In the 1600s, Henri Perdue, a Huguenot , left France for the Province of Maryland to escape religious persecution.[6] Wicomico and Worcester Counties and his descendants continue to live in the area.[6]
Perdue was born in 1885 as the second of three children to Levin and Martha Perdue in Worcester County.[1] Methodists .[1]
He married Pearl Parsons in 1917 and had one child in 1920, Frank Perdue .[1]
In 1915, Arthur Perdue worked as a Railway Express agent[7] in Salisbury, Maryland .[8] Delmarva peninsula that were making money had shifted from selling chickens to selling table eggs.[9] Salisbury, Maryland .[9]
Perdue began focusing on quality and brought in Leghorn breeding stock from Texas to improve the quality of his flock.[7] New York .[7]
The Arthur W. Perdue Stadium in Salisbury, Maryland , is home to the Delmarva Shorebirds baseball team, a class A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles in the South Atlantic League .[10]
The Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation was established to support the communities where Perdue Farms has facilities.[11]
In 2017, the farmhouse Perdue built in 1917 and lived in was added to the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties .[12]
References [ edit ]
^ Schmetterer, Bob (2003). Leap: A Revolution in Creative Business Strategy Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons . pp. 72 ISBN 978-0-471-22917-9
^ a b "Business Timeline: 1920s" . Perdue Farms . 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-30 .
^ "About Us" . Perdue Farms . 2008. Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-30 .
^ a b Omo-Osagie, Solomon Iyobosa II (2012). Commercial Poultry Production on Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore: The Role of African Americans, 1930s to 1990s University Press of America . pp. 7–8. ISBN 9780761858775 . Retrieved 19 July 2020 .
^ a b c Rubenson, George C.; Shipper, Frank M. (2001). Integrative Case 12.0: Perdue Farms Salisbury University . ISBN 1285401565 . Retrieved 19 July 2020 .
^ Sloan, Judy; Perdue, Frank (September 1, 2003). "Frank Perdue Perdue Farms: I Turned My Father's Tiny Egg Farm Into A Poultry Powerhouse And Became The Face Of An Industry" . CNN Money CNN . Retrieved 19 July 2020 .
^ a b Williams, Henry H (1998). Delmarva's Chicken Industry: 75 Years of Progress (PDF) . Georgetown, Delaware : Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. pp. 9–10. ISBN 0966761804 . Retrieved 19 July 2020 .
^ Tilghman, Mary K. (2004). Frommer's Maryland & Delaware, 6th Ed Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons . pp. 282 . ISBN 978-0-7645-7379-8
^ Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation 2019 Annual Report (PDF) . 2020. p. 3 . Retrieved 19 July 2020 .
^ Dinsmore, Christopher. "Perdue farmhouse added to state historical registry" . The Baltimore Sun . Retrieved 20 July 2020 .
Further reading [ edit ]
Gordy, Frank (1976). A Solid Foundation: The Life & Times of Arthur W. Perdue .
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