Duke in Pictures: Claude "T" Moorman II Buried at Arlington

A military honor guard carries the body of former Duke All-America Dr. Claude "T" Moorman II Wednesday at Arlington National Cemetary. Moorman passed away on April 28 in his hometown of Plymouth, N.C. He was 69 years old.

Moorman lettered three years (1958-60) for Duke and helped lead the Blue Devils to the 1960 ACC Championship, a No. 10 final national ranking by the Associated Press and a 7-6 win over seventh-ranked Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl. As a senior he earned numerous national honors. In 2008, he was named to the ACC Legends team.

After graduation, he attended Duke Medical School, completed his M.D. in 1966, and trained in orthopaedics at Duke under Dr. Lenox Baker. He then served as a medical officer in Vietnam. When he returned he completed law school in 1979 and served with the Army Department of Legal Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C. Moorman subsequently commanded US Army Reserve Units at multiple sites and retired as a Colonel from the USAR in 1998. He formed and directed anesthesia groups in Leesburg, Va., Stuart, Fla., and Port St. Lucie, Fla., during his time as an Army Reserve Commander.

Photo by Chris Hildreth/Duke University Photography