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.

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.