 In 1989, Charles R. and Martha N. Fulton of Snow
Hill, Maryland, endowed and named the Fulton School of
Liberal Arts, which offers disciplinary programs leading
to careers within and built upon the fine arts,
humanities, and social sciences. The Fultons
intended their gift to enhance the economic,
educational, and cultural resources of the Eastern Shore
and to provide for the education of its future leaders.
In 1992 the Fultons built the Snow Hill, Maryland,
Christian Nursery School; in 1998, with Richard Henson,
they gave $1.4 million to build the YMCA in Pocomoke,
Maryland. In 1998 Charles Fulton received an
honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Salisbury
University. |
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Charles
R. Fulton, who grew up on a farm in Kenton, Ohio, was working in the
poultry industry when he met his future wife, Martha Nock, at the 1939
World Poultry Congress in Cleveland. A veteran of World War II,
Charles Fulton was for more than half a century involved in Eastern Shore
agriculture. In 1965 three of his companies merged with Holly Farms;
in 1989 Holly Farms was purchased by Tyson Foods. Charles Fulton
served on the board of directors of Holly Farms and First Maryland
Bancorp, the second largest bank in Maryland. |
