William A. Fowler with the 1974 National Medal of Science presented to him by President Gerald R. Ford. Fowler impishly wears also the medal presented to him by his Caltech colleagues, saying "National Meddler 1974". This photo (courtesy of Caltech) has been published in Clayton's obituary for Fowler (PASP 108, 1 (1996)).

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