Thomas Dean Moore II ’46

Thomas Moore II died Nov. 6, 2007, in Laguna Beach, Calif. He was 84.

Tom entered Princeton in 1942 with eight or 10 of his Kent School classmates, and shortly afterward was shipped off to Cornell and the Far East by the Marine Corps. He returned to Princeton in 1946 and earned a bachelor’s in engineering with high honors in 1949. He was then recalled to Korea and was released as a captain in 1952.

Tom began his engineering career in the oil fields of west Texas, but most of his professional life was spent in the electronics industry at Hughes Aircraft Co. His personal interests included sailing, tennis, and golf. He was an animal lover and raised everything from dogs to pigeons, also finding time to serve as a scoutmaster, baseball coach, and police volunteer.

He is survived by his wife, Charlotte; three sons, Mike, Blake, and Tod; three stepchildren, Jim and Richard Brawner and Beth Winchester; and 14 grandchildren.