Helen Chapin Metz Explained

Helen Chapin Metz
Birth Name:Helen Chapin
Birth Date:12 April 1928
Birth Place:Peking, Republic of China
Death Place:Washington, D.C., United States
Education:Potomac School
Madeira School
Vassar College
American University of Beirut
Employer:Federal Research Division
Father:Selden Chapin

Helen Chapin Metz (April 12, 1928 – May 13, 2011) was an American editor and Middle East analyst.[1]

Life

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]

Works

Notes and References

  1. News: Helen Chaplin Metz . The Washington Post . May 20, 2011 . September 20, 2022 .
  2. News: 15 April 1928 . Mrs. Selden Chapin Has a Daughter. . .
  3. News: 15 July 1951 . MISS HELEN CHAPIN WED IN THE HAGUE; Daughter of U.S. Ambassador to Netherlands Is Married to Ronald Metz of Omaha . .
  4. Web site: Marriage helen chapin Stock Photos and Images . September 20, 2022 .