American editor and Middle East analyst (1928–2011)
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, inPeking , China.[ 2] Selden Chapin and Mary Paul Noyes. Her brother,Frederic L. Chapin , would also become a diplomat. She was educated at thePotomac School , theMadeira School ,Vassar College , graduating in 1949,[ 3] American University of Beirut .[ 1]
She married Rev. Ronald Irvin Metz on July 14, 1951, inThe Hague , Netherlands.[ 4] [ 3]
Metz worked for theFederal Research Division of theLibrary of Congress , editing 15Library of Congress Country Study handbooks.[ 1]
She died inWashington, 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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