For Buckley ’50, a final organ plays
NEW YORK, N.Y. — After the newspaper encomiums and magazine tributes, after former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger knighted him “a noble and valiant man, truly touched by the grace of God,” there was still one eulogy left for William F. Buckley Jr. ’50.
It was the simple eulogy of a son whose father belonged to the world.
“We talked about this day, he and I, a few years ago,” Christopher Buckley ’75 told the crowd of some 2,200 gathered here Friday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral for his father’s memorial service. “He said to me, ‘If I’m still famous, try to convince the...
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