Randy Kehler

Randy Kehler
Born(1944-07-16)July 16, 1944
Bronxville, New York, U.S.
DiedJuly 21, 2024(2024-07-21) (aged 80)
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationHarvard University
SpouseBetsy Corner
Children1

Gordon Randall Kehler (July 16, 1944 – July 21, 2024) was an American pacifist, tax resister, and social justice advocate.[1] Kehler objected to America's involvement in the Vietnam War and refused to cooperate with the draft. He, along with his wife Betsy Corner, stopped paying federal income taxes in protest of war and military spending, a decision that led to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) seizing their house in 1989.

Kehler was involved in several anti-war organizations in the 1960s and 1970s, and in the early 1980s was a leader in the movement against nuclear weapons.[2]

  1. ^ Smith, Harrison (August 7, 2024). "Randy Kehler, peace activist who inspired Daniel Ellsberg, dies at 80". Washington Post. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  2. ^ "Randy Kehler Papers | Biographical Note". Asteria.fivecolleges.edu. Special Collections and University Archives, W. E. B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Archived from the original on April 10, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2010.