Alfred Hassler

He worked with the U.S. branch of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR USA), a peace and social justice organization, from 1942 to 1974.

In 1957, he co-authored Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story, an advocacy comic book published by FOR USA.

[2] In 1969, Hassler founded the Dai Dong Project, which linked war, environmental issues, and poverty, and became the president of the International Confederation for Disarmament and Peace.

Hassler died of cancer on June 5, 1991, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, New York, at the age of 81.

[4] In 2013, Hassler, Thích Nhất Hạnh, and Chân Không, were the subject of a comic book and animated feature documentary film, The Secret of The 5 Powers.