Warwick Breckenridge Moore ’62

Breck died Dec. 27, 2004, at his home in Woodbridge, Va., from pancreatic cancer. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery Feb. 17, 2005.

Breck came to Princeton from the Bolles School and his home was in Dunedin, Fla. While at Princeton he was active in the naval ROTC, was a member of Cloister Inn, and majored in mathematics.

Upon graduation, he was commissioned in the Navy and attended flight school in Pensacola with classmates Al Zink and Jim Dugan. He served two tours in Vietnam on the carrier USS Oriskany, flying F-8 Crusader jets, and later gravitated toward the intelligence field, where he spent the rest of his career — first in uniform and later as a civilian in the Office of Naval Intelligence. He became head of the undersea warfare capabilities section and authored a definitive work on the subject used by Pentagon and congressional planners. He was known for his professionalism and a great sense of humor. He retired in 1999 and spent much of the intervening years traveling with his wife, Linda.

He is survived by Linda; two daughters from his first marriage, Shannon Nordstrom and Kelly Moore; his sister, Turza Allen; and his grandchildren, Sara Nordstrom, Jacob Tart, and Alexander Tart. The class extends its deepest sympathy to his family.

The Class of 1962