He was one of the nation's best-known labor mediators in the 1960's and 70's.

Her specialty is negotiating - but not the formal, ritualized sort that occurs between lawyers, labor mediators or captives of the Uruguay Round.

Her husband is Theodore W. Kheel, the labor mediator and lawyer.

His experiences led him to become a successful businessman, labor contractor, and labor mediator.

Her father, the labor mediator, is of counsel to the New York law firm of Battle & Fowler.

The captain figured that anyone who had started out as a labor mediator could handle the minor chore of running a disaster zone.

"Some people specialize in problems, but he always was looking for the solutions," said Theodore W. Kheel, the labor mediator.

He was in private practice until Mayor Robert F. Wagner hired him to be labor mediator.

A gentle, white-haired man, Father Carey was also a veteran labor mediator who helped to avert strikes or, failing that, to settle them.

"Because you had a labor mediator and a management mediator, we were able to deploy our resources differently," said Mr. Gotbaum.