Helen Chapin Metz (April 12, 1928 – May 13, 2011) was an American editor and Middle East analyst.

Life

Helen Chapin was born on April 12, 1928, in

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, China. 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,

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, graduating in 1949, and the

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. She married Rev. Ronald Irvin Metz on July 14, 1951, in

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, Netherlands. The couple settled in Washington, D. C., as they both had jobs in the federal government. Metz worked for the

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of the

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, editing 15 Library of Congress Country Study handbooks. She died in

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, on May 13, 2011.

Works

* (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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Metz, Helen Chapin 1928 births 2011 deaths American Africanists American book editors American University of Beirut alumni American women editors Library of Congress Madeira School alumni Middle Eastern studies scholars Vassar College alumni