Benjamin A. Moore ’52

Ben was a lifelong resident of Charleston, S.C., and graduated from Episcopal High School. At Princeton he majored in history, ate at Cottage, and ran track (and was Ivy champion broad jumper). He played 150-pound football and roomed with Larry Austin, Dick Donley, and Phil Porter.

After Princeton, he was in the Navy for two years, and then went to the University of Virginia law school, where he was editor of the Virginia Law Weekly. He joined his father’s firm in Charleston and did admiralty law and civil litigation. Ben was a member of professional organizations and served as president of the Charleston County Bar Association.

His personal interests included service on the boards of Episcopal High School, St. Timothy’s School, and the Charleston Day School, of which he was an alumnus. He belonged to the Society of the Cincinnati, the St. Cecelia Society, the St. George’s Society, and numerous other gatherings of the distinguished. An avid outdoorsman, he sailed, hunted, and fished.

Ben died Feb. 18, 2017. He is survived by his wife, Judith; and children Margaret ’80, the deputy vice president for alumni affairs at Princeton, Susan, and Benjamin III. The class extends its best to the family, with respect for their accomplished father and thanks for his naval service.