Rodulfo del Valle, a.k.a., Don Fito,Biografía de Rodulfo del Valle. Biblioteca Escolar Rodulfo del Valle. Escuela Rodulfo del Valle. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 27 April 2013. (1871–1948) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1918 to 1920.Ponce Municipality: Mayors. Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Accessed 3 April 2018.
Early years Del Valle's parents were Rodulfo del Valle and Felipa del Valle. He married Amelia Serra.Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001.
Political career Del Valle "was a man that loved his hometown and was loved by his peers." He was a member of the Liberal Reformist Party (later the Puerto Rican Autonomist Party) in 1887 representing the town of Isabela. Del Valle worked for the autonomy of Puerto Rico from both Spain and, later, from the United States. In the Ponce Municipal Government, del Valle served as Commissioner of Public Service and Municipal Treasurer. As mayor of Ponce, he was a member of the Union of Puerto Rico Party.Guillermo A. Baralt. La Historia de El Nuevo Dia (1909-2000): "Al servicio de mi tierra". Page 82. Fundación El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2002. .
Family life Del Valle married María Amelia Serra Gaztambide and had a son named Eduardo.
Death and legacy Del Valle died in Ponce on 22 July 1948. He was buried at Cementerio Católico San Vicente de Paul. A public school in Ponce was named after him. In Ponce there is a street in Urbanizacion Las Delicias of Barrio Magueyes named after him.
See also
Ponce, Puerto Rico List of Puerto Ricans List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
References
Further reading Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 216. Item 1109. Cayetano Coll y Toste. Boletín Histórico de Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Cantera Fernandez. 1914–1927. (Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO).