Perdue Hall

In 1986, Salisbury State College's business school was endowed by Frank Perdue, a poultry industry entrepreneur, and was originally housed in the Northern Wing of Holloway Hall. In 2006, an $8 million donation from the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation was given for the purpose of constructing an entirely new building for the business school. Three years later, ground was broken for Perdue Hall. The building was completed and opened in 2011. It is three stories, housing twenty-nine classrooms and labs, and sixty-three faculty offices. The construction of Perdue Hall cost $55 million, consisting of private and state funding. The building was outfitted with technology totaling $3.1 million in value.

The first floor of Perdue Hall has two primary entrances. One faces westward towards the middle of campus, while the other faces north in the same direction as Route 13. Entering from the west leads one into the building’s atrium, which offers a lounge, café, and stock ticker. Through the atrium is the 200 seat John J. and Dolores F. Bennett Auditorium, the largest lecture hall on Salisbury University’s campus. Entering from the north leads to the Franklin P. Perdue Museum of Business and Entrepreneurship. The archive and museum house a collection of memorabilia of Perdue Farms and presents the history of the Perdue family. Also housed on the first floor are group work rooms and computer and research labs, including the Business Outreach Services Suite, Student Services Suite, and the Robert and Rebekah Moyle Market Research Laboratory. 

The second floor of Perdue Hall mainly houses classrooms and faculty offices. The Accounting and Legal Studies, and Economics and Finance departments are located here, as well as the Judkins Family Financial Research Center. The third floor of the building houses the Information and Decision Sciences, and Management and Marketing departments, as well as the offices of the Franklin P. Perdue School of Business Dean, M.B.A. program and global studies program. It is also home to the Advanced Information Technology and Enterprise System labs, and four executive level classrooms for graduate student and community use. Two are named after Andrew Carnegie and Alexander Hamilton, Frank Perdue’s heroes.

The Franklin P. Perdue Museum of Business and Entrepreneurship is open to the public. Please check the website for its hours. Perdue Hall's 200 seat lecture hall as well as other classrooms are routinely used by community members for public events.

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Salisbury University. Festive Ceremony Opens SU's $55 Million Perdue Hall. Salisbury University. September 8th 2011. Accessed June 1st 2020. https://www.salisbury.edu/news/article/Festive-Ceremony-Opens-SUs-55-Million-Perdue-Hall.