Arthur W. Perdue was the founder of Perdue Farms along with his wife Pearl in 1920.
The business was started in his backyard, and at the time only produced table eggs from chickens, but eventually grew into a $4.1 billion company.
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.