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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Ralph Valtin (born Rolf Wiegelmesser; died 1 August 2018, age 93) was born in Hamburg and immigrated to the United States in 1938 because of his family's Jewish and Quaker background. | |||
In 1942, Valtin graduated from George School (a Quaker school in Newtown, PA). Ralph attended 19__ Graduate degree in Economics from University of Pennsylvania. Brother Fred was also a graduate of Camp Ritchie (11th Class) and served as a member of IPW Team 81 attached to the 3rd Army. | |||
He was an all-American soccer player at Swarthmore College and a member of the U.S. | |||
He worked as a federal labor mediator and arbitrator in Philadelphia, moved to the Washington area in 1965, and opened his own arbitration practice, retiring in 2013. He 195_ - Served as arbitrator of labor disputes and as Mediator with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. During World War II he served in the U.S. | |||
He died at his home in Alexandria, Virginia. | |||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||