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Perdue (surname)
Perdue is a surname of English and Irish origin. It comes from Old French's ''par Dieu'' or 'by God', which was adopted into Middle English as an altered form. Notable people with the surname include: *Arthur Perdue, founder of Perdue Farms *Bev Perdue (born 1948), Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina, 2009–2013 * Bolo Perdue (1916–1988), American football end *David Perdue (born 1949), U.S. senator from Georgia * Derelys Perdue (1902–1989), American silent-film actress and popular dancer * Frank Perdue (1920–2005), president of Perdue Farms for many years * Hub Perdue (1882–1968), professional baseball player * Jim Perdue, chairman and advertising spokesman of Perdue Farms *John Perdue, 24th State Treasurer of West Virginia *Lauren Perdue (born 1991), American swimmer * Lewis Perdue, American novelist * Peter C. Perdue (born 1949), American author, professor, and historian * Richard Perdue (1910–1998), Anglican bishop *Sally Perdue, former 1958 Miss Arkansas and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Perdue
Arthur W. Perdue (1885–1977) was an American businessman and 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. Family and background In the 1600s, Henri Perdue, a Huguenot, left France for the Province of Maryland to escape religious persecution. Perdue settled in what is now Wicomico County, Maryland, Wicomico and Worcester County, Maryland, Worcester Counties and his descendants continue to live in the area. Perdue was born in 1885 as the second of three children to Levin and Martha Perdue in Worcester County. His parents were devout and strict Methodists. He married Pearl Parsons in 1917 and had one child in 1920, Frank Perdue. Career In 1915, Arthur Perdue worked as a Railway Express Agency, Railway Express agent in Salisbury, Maryland. By 1920, Perdue noticed that the chicken farmers on the Delmarva peninsul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Perdue
Lauren Perdue (born June 25, 1991) is an American competitive swimming (sport), swimmer who specializes in freestyle swimming, freestyle events. She was a member of the 2012 United States Olympic team, and earned a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Perdue was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, and attended J. H. Rose High School in Greenville, North Carolina. She swam for the Greenville Swim Club under head coach Casey Charles from 1999 to 2009. At the 2009 USA Swimming Long Course Junior National Championships, Perdue won her first championship in the 200-meter freestyle (1:59.09). Perdue attended the University of Virginia, and swam for the Virginia Cavaliers swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2009 to 2012.VirginiaSports.com, Women's Swimming & Diving, 2011–12 Roster Lauren Perdue. Retrieved July 14, 2012. As a Cavalier swimmer, she w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny Perdue
George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III (born December 20, 1946) is an American politician, veterinarian, and businessman who served as the 31st United States secretary of agriculture from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he previously served as the 81st governor of Georgia from 2003 to 2011 and as a member of the Georgia State Senate from 1991 to 2002. Founder and partner in an agricultural trading company, Perdue was elected governor of Georgia in 2002 Georgia gubernatorial election, 2002, defeating incumbent Roy Barnes and becoming the first Republican to hold the office since the Reconstruction era. He was reelected in 2006 Georgia gubernatorial election, 2006 with nearly 60% of the vote. He later served from 2012 to 2017 on the Governors' Council of the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C. On January 18, 2017, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Perdue to be United States Secretary of Agriculture, Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Perdue
Scott may refer to: Places Canada * Scott, Quebec, municipality in the Nouvelle-Beauce regional municipality in Quebec * Scott, Saskatchewan, a town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake No. 380 * Rural Municipality of Scott No. 98, Saskatchewan United States * Scott, Arkansas * Scott, Georgia * Scott, Indiana * Scott, Louisiana * Scott, Missouri * Scott, New York * Scott, Ohio * Scott, Wisconsin (other) (several places) * Fort Scott, Kansas * Great Scott Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota * Scott Air Force Base, Illinois * Scott City, Kansas * Scott City, Missouri * Scott County (other) (various states) * Scott Mountain (other) (several places) * Scott River, in California * Scott Township (other) (several places) Elsewhere * 876 Scott, minor planet orbiting the Sun * Scott (crater), a lunar impact crater near the south pole of the Moon *Scott Conservation Park, a protected area in South Australia Lists * Scott Point (disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Perdue
Sally Perdue (also known as Sally Miller and Myra Belle Miller) is a former 1958 Miss Arkansas and Little Rock radio talk show host. She was a top-10 finalist in the 1958 Miss America pageant. Miller is a 1960 graduate of Lindenwood College. Fulfilling a childhood dream, Perdue traveled the length of the Great Wall of China on foot in 1990. She was awarded Lindenwood's 1991 Alumni Merit Award for professional accomplishment. In 1994, Perdue stated that she had had an affair with then-Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas in 1983. She is one of three former holders of the Miss Arkansas title to have been extramaritally linked to Clinton. She also stated to Ambrose Evans-Pritchard of ''The Sunday Telegraph'' that she had been asked not to reveal the affair by a former Democratic staffer in 1992, who supposedly told her that "they knew that I went jogging by myself and he couldn't guarantee what would happen to my pretty little legs." In 2005, Perdue settled a lawsuit over her dism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Perdue
Richard Gordon Perdue (13 February 1910 – 8 August 1998) was an Anglican bishop. Perdue was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and ordained in 1934. After Curate, curacies at Drumcondra, Dublin, Drumcondra and Rathmines he was the Vicar, incumbent at Castledermot and then Archdeacon of Killaloe, County Clare, Killaloe and Kilfenora. He was ordained to the episcopate as the Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert, Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh in 1953 and Translation, translated to be the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross in 1957.''A New History of Ireland'' by Theodore William Moody, F. X. Martin, Francis John Byrne, Art Cosgrove: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976, He retired in 1978. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Perdue, Richard Gordon 1910 births 1998 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Archdeacons of Killaloe Bishops of Killaloe and Clonfert Bishops of Cork, Cloyne and Ross 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Place of birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter C
Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Culture * Peter (actor) (born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, a Japanese dancer and actor * Peter (1934 film), ''Peter'' (1934 film), a film directed by Henry Koster * Peter (2021 film), ''Peter'' (2021 film), a Marathi language film * Peter (Fringe episode), "Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' * Peter (novel), ''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith * Peter (short story), "Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather * Peter (album), ''Peter'' (album), a 1972 album by Peter Yarrow * ''Peter'', a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * "Peter", 2024 song by Taylor Swift from ''The Tortured Poets Department, The Tort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Perdue
Lewis Perdue (born May 1, 1949) is the author of 20 published books including ''Daughter of God,'' and ''The Da Vinci Legacy''. Perdue was sued by Random House in 2003 when he charged that Dan Brown's ''The Da Vinci Code'' plagiarized those two books. Random House won the lawsuit but lost their demand to have Perdue pay their legal fees. Life Perdue was born in the Mississippi Delta in 1949. He was expelled from the University of Mississippi in 1967 for leading a civil rights march. He graduated from Corning Community College in 1970 with an associate degree; in 2009, he was presented with the college's Distinguished Alumni Award. He studied physics and biology at Cornell University, graduating with a bachelor's degree and honors in 1972. While at Cornell, he worked as a full-time reporter for ''The Ithaca Journal''. Perdue currently lives in Sonoma, California, with his wife, Megan. They have two children. Career Perdue has worked as a journalist for several publications, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Perdue
John D. Perdue (born June 22, 1950) is an American politician who served as the 24th West Virginia State Treasurer from 1997 to 2021. He is the latest Democratic candidate to receive more than 50% of the vote in the state. Purdue was born in Boone County, West Virginia and grew up on a small farm. In 1972 he graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. Whilst at University he was active in 4-H and the Future Farmers of America, becoming a 4-H All Star. He has a wife, Robin, with whom he has two daughters. Political career In 1989 he became Executive Assistant to West Virginia Governor Gaston Caperton, serving as a member of his staff for eight years. In 1996 he won election as state treasurer as a member of the Democratic Party, a position he would hold for six terms. He was easily re-elected in his subsequent three elections, with no Republican even filing to run against him in 2000 and 2008. Following Governor Joe Manchin's resig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bev Perdue
Beverly Marlene Eaves Perdue (née Moore; January 14, 1947) is an American businesswoman, politician, and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 73rd governor of North Carolina from 2009 to 2013. She was the first female governor of North Carolina. Perdue started her political career in the 1980s, serving in the North Carolina House of Representatives. She then served five terms in the North Carolina Senate, before she was elected as the 32nd Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina. Perdue was elected to the office of Governor of North Carolina in 2008 against Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory. On January 26, 2012, facing sinking approval ratings, Perdue announced that she would not seek reelection in the 2012 gubernatorial election, becoming the first Democratic governor since Robert W. Scott to have served a single term, and is currently the only Democratic governor in the state's history to not seek re-election. Early life and education Beverly Marlene MooreTeague B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Perdue
Jim Perdue is an American businessman. He has been the chairman and advertising spokesperson of Perdue Farms since 1991. He is a third generation leader of the company founded by his grandfather in 1920. Like his father, Frank, Jim Perdue grew up in the family business, but didn't decide to make it his business right away. He wanted to pursue his dream of becoming a marine biologist, and went on to earn his Ph.D. in fisheries. But in 1983, he accepted his dad's invitation to return to the family business, joining the company as an entry-level management trainee. After working many different management jobs in just about every area of the company, and earning his master's degree in business along the way, Jim became chairman in 1991 and also took over as advertising spokesman, appearing in the company's TV commercials. He enjoys vacationing in Bethany Beach, Delaware Bethany Beach is an incorporated town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. According to the 2010 Census Bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hub Perdue
Herbert Rodney "Hub" Perdue (June 7, 1882 – October 31, 1968), also known as "the Gallatin Squash", was an American professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1911 to 1915. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Braves. He later managed the Nashville Volunteers in the Southern Association in 1921. Professional career Perdue played his first professional season in 1906 with the minor league Vincennes Alices of the Class D Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League. From 1907 to 1910, he pitched for the Class A Nashville Vols of the Southern Association. He led all pitchers in the league with 23 wins in 1909. He was drafted by the Brooklyn Superbas of the National League from Nashville on September 1, 1910, in the Rule 5 draft. Before the beginning of the 1911 season, Perdue was selected off waivers by the Boston Rustlers. He then played with the Rustlers, later to become the Boston Braves, from 1911 to 1914. After four seasons of play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
