American editor and Middle East analyst
Helen Chapin Metz (April 12, 1928 – May 13, 2011) was an American editor and Middle East analyst.[ 1]
Helen Chapin was born on April 12, 1928, in Peking , China.[ 2] She was the daughter of diplomat Selden Chapin and Mary Paul Noyes. Her brother, Frederic L. Chapin , would also become a diplomat. She was educated at the Potomac School , the Madeira School , Vassar College , graduating in 1949,[ 3] and the American University of Beirut .[ 1]
She married Rev. Ronald Irvin Metz on July 14, 1951, in The Hague , Netherlands.[ 4] The couple settled in Washington, D. C., as they both had jobs in the federal government.[ 3]
Metz worked for the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress , editing 15 Library of Congress Country Study handbooks.[ 1]
She died in Washington, D.C. , on May 13, 2011.[ 1]
(ed.) Iran: a country study . 4th ed. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1989.
(ed.) Libya: a country study . 4th ed. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1989.
(ed.) Iraq: a country study . 4th ed. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1990.
(ed.) Israel: a country study . Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1990.
(ed.) Egypt: a country study . 5th ed. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1991.
(ed.) Jordan: a country study . 4th ed. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1991.
(ed.) Nigeria: a country study . 5th ed. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1992.
(ed.) Somalia: a country study . 5th ed. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1992.
(ed.) Sudan: a country study . 4th ed. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1992.
(ed.) Saudi Arabia: a country study . 5th ed. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1993.
(ed.) Somalia: a country study . 4th ed. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1993.
(ed.) Algeria: a country study . 5th ed. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1994.
(ed.) Mauritius , 1994. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1994.
(ed.) Persian Gulf states: country studies . 3rd ed. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1994.
(ed.) Indian ocean: five island countries . 3rd ed. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1995.
(ed.) Turkey: a country study . 5th ed. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1996.
(ed.) Global Terrorism: an Annotated Bibliography . Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1997.
(with Glenn Curtis) The Housing Market in Mexico . Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1999.
(ed.) Dominican Republic and Haiti: country studies . 3rd ed. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 2001.
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