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== Biography ==

~~This obituary of Ritchie Boy Rolf~~ Valtin ~~was published in the Washington Post of September 2, 2018.~~ Rolf ~~Valtin, labor mediator Rolf Valtin, 93, a labor mediator and arbitrator who helped resolve labor disputes involving General Motors, coal and steel companies and their labor unions,~~ died ~~Aug.~~ 1 ~~at his home in Alexandria~~, ~~Va. The cause was congestive heart failure, said a son-in-law, Roy Hawkens. Valtin~~ was born ~~[[Wiegelmesser, Rolf (32979839)|Rolf Wiegelmesser]]~~ in Hamburg, and immigrated to the United States in 1938 because of his ~~family’s~~ Jewish and Quaker background. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army as an interrogator of German prisoners of war. He was an all-American soccer player at Swarthmore College ~~in Pennsylvania~~ and ~~was~~ a member of the U.S. Olympic soccer team at the 1948 Summer Games. ~~Valtin was~~ a federal mediator and arbitrator in Philadelphia ~~before moving~~ to the Washington area in 1965 and ~~opening~~ his own arbitration practice. He ~~retired~~ in ~~2013~~.

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. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army as an interrogator of German prisoners of war and trained as a Ritchie Boy. He was an all-American soccer player at Swarthmore College and a member of the U.S. Olympic soccer team at the 1948 Summer Games. 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 died at his home in Alexandria, Virginia.

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 == Biography ==
-This obituary of Ritchie Boy Rolf Valtin was published in the Washington Post of September 2, 2018. Rolf Valtin, labor mediator Rolf Valtin, 93, a labor mediator and arbitrator who helped resolve labor disputes involving General Motors, coal and steel companies and their labor unions, died Aug. 1 at his home in Alexandria, Va. The cause was congestive heart failure, said a son-in-law, Roy Hawkens. Valtin was born [[Wiegelmesser, Rolf (32979839)|Rolf Wiegelmesser]] in Hamburg, and immigrated to the United States in 1938 because of his family’s Jewish and Quaker background. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army as an interrogator of German prisoners of war. He was an all-American soccer player at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and was a member of the U.S. Olympic soccer team at the 1948 Summer Games. Valtin was a federal mediator and arbitrator in Philadelphia before moving to the Washington area in 1965 and opening his own arbitration practice. He retired in 2013.
+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. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army as an interrogator of German prisoners of war and trained as a Ritchie Boy. He was an all-American soccer player at Swarthmore College and a member of the U.S. Olympic soccer team at the 1948 Summer Games. 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 died at his home in Alexandria, Virginia.
 == Research notes ==