in 1986 and named for Frank Perdue. In 1991, Frank Perdue was honored with an Edison Achievement Award for his commitment to innovation throughout his career. Frank Purdue was a patron of treasure hunter Mel Fisher, helping fund his expedition to locate the wreckage of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha, which had sunk off the coast of the Florida Keys in 1622. Fisher eventually found the galleon and in 1985 and recovered more than $400 million in gold and gems. Purdue donated much of his portion of the recovered gems and coins to the Smithsonian Institution and to Delaware Technical Community College. References External links Frank Perdue Tribute 1920 births 2005 deaths American advertising people Salisbury University people People from Salisbury, Maryland American chief executives of food industry companies Businesspeople from Maryland Perdue family