I didn't have the opportunity to meet William F. Buckley, Jr., but in the late 1970s, when I was a college student, I received a letter from him.  The occasion was the annual NR fund appeal.  I wrote to Mr. Buckley and explained that I was a college student and could not afford to contribute, but expressed what the magazine meant to me.  He wrote a letter to me.  I have misplaced it, but it said something to the effect:  "Never mind contributing to our deficiency.  Take from National Review what you can; it is edited for the likes of you."  What a kind man.  We will miss him.
Judge David R. Duggan, Maryville, TN