Bernhard "Benny" Bargen (10 December 1901 – 14 November 1972) was a Ukrainian-American inventor and economics professor at

Bethel College (Kansas) Bethel College is a private Christian college in North Newton, Kansas. It is affiliated with Mennonite Church USA. History Bethel College, founded in 1887, is the oldest Mennonite college in North America. Bethel College became the second ins ...

. Bargen was infected with polio as an infant, and for the remainder of his life his legs were mostly paralyzed as a result. A Mennonite pacifist, Bargen kept his income deliberately low so that he would not pay income taxes that were destined for military spending. Later he joined the

Peacemakers Peacemakers was an American pacifist organization founded following a conference on "More Disciplined and Revolutionary Pacifist Activity" in Chicago in July 1948. Ernest and Marion Bromley and Juanita and Wally Nelson largely organized the group ...

war tax resistance movement that emerged in 1948. Bargen was involved for a time with the Woodcrest Bruderhof Community. Bargen returned at the end of his life to the Bruderhof Community at New Meadow Run in Farmington, Pennsylvania.Habegger, Loris "Bargen, Bernhard 'Benny' (1901–1972)" ''Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online'' (1987

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bargenm Benny American people of Ukrainian descent American tax resisters 1901 births 1972 deaths