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
Peking
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, China. She was the daughter of diplomat
Selden Chapin
Selden Chapin (September 19, 1899 – March 26, 1963) was a career foreign service officer and United States diplomat.
Biography
Selden Chapin was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, the son of Captain Frederic Lincoln Chapin (who was commander of the ...
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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History
Origi ...
,
Vassar College
Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely follo ...
, graduating in 1949,
and the
American University of Beirut
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.
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She married Rev. Ronald Irvin Metz on July 14, 1951, in ]The Hague
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, Netherlands.[
Metz worked for the ]Federal Research Division
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The Federal Research Division provides directed research and analysis on domestic and international subjects to agencies of the Unit ...
of the Library of Congress
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, editing 15 Library of Congress Country Study
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handbooks.[
She died in ]Washington, D.C.
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on May 13, 2011.[
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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
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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