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- Birth nameGordon Randall Kehler
- Randy Kehler was born on July 16, 1944 in Bronxville, New York, USA. He was married to Betsy Corner. He died on July 21, 2024 in Shelburne Falls, Massachussets, USA.
- SpouseBetsy Corner(? - July 21, 2024) (his death, 1 child)
- Enrolled in graduate courses at Stanford in 1967, but left after three weeks to work full-time with the War Resisters League in San Francisco.
- As an act of protest against the Vietnam War he returned his draft card to the Selective Service and was subsequently arrested for non-compliance with the draft. He was released after serving 22 months of his two-year sentence.
- Beginning in 1977, Kehler and his wife, Betsy Corner, began withholding their federal income tax as a protest against U.S. military expenditures - instead donating that part of their tax dollars to charities. In 1989, the IRS foreclosed on their Colrain home to recover back taxes. Kehler and Corner were arrested at the house for trespassing in 1990, and a second time in 1991. Corner agreed not to return to the house again and was released, but Kehler refused to cooperate and was sentenced to six months in jail for contempt of court.
- Graduated from Harvard cum laude in 1967 with a degree in government.
- While at Harvard, he became politically active, working with the Harlem chapter of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) to organize support for the 1963 March on Washington.
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