Background
Metz, Patricia Anne was born on May 10, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Hugh William and Frances (Alvord) Harris.
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Patricia Anne Metz
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Bachelor, Albion (Michigan) College, 1958; Master of Social Work, Wayne State University, 1960.
Career
Intake worker Wayne County Juvenile Court Clinic for Child Study, Detroit, 1960-1965. Intake supervisor Northwest Child Guidance Center, Garden City, 1965-1966. Executive secretary Metropolitan Detroit chapter National Association of Social Workers, Detroit, 1967-1971.
Director of counseling Friends School, 1970-1974. School social worker Detroit Public Schools, 1977-1997. Clinical social worker Family Service Detroit and Wayne County, Livonia, Michigan, 1985-1997.
Independent practice child and family therapy, 1997-1999. Adjunct faculty School Social Work, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1996—2002. Adjunct faculty School Social Work University Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 2002.
Adjunct faculty Eastern Michigan University School Social Work, Ypsilanti, since 2003. Treasurer Midwest School Social Work Council, 1987—1991, member, since 1987. Member special education advisory committee State of Michigan, 1999—2002.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors Children's Museum Friends, Detroit, 1976-1982, volunteer 1976—2004. Senior arbitrator Better Business Bureau, Detroit, 1986-1995. Member Lafayette Clinic Advisory Council, Detroit, 1984-1992.
President Travelers' Aid Society, 1983-1984, life member, since 1984. Elder 1st Presbyterian Church, Northville, 1994-1999. Member of National Association of Social Workers (Michigan chapter committee in inquiry 1979-1984, national member commission on education 1990-1992, professional standards committee 1990-1994, chairman national school social work credential committee 1994-1999, Michigan board directors since 2003), Children with Attention Deficit Disorders, Council on Exceptional Children, Michigan Association School Social Workers (board directors 1982-1989, state president 1983-1984, conference treasurer 1986, 1987, 1990-1991, board directors since 1993, president Region A 2002-2004, co-chair state conference 2006, School Social Worker of Year Region D 1989).
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Married Floyd A. Metz, August 23, 1958 (divorced March 1990). Children: Marcia Anne Metz Niedwiecki, Kevin Harris Metz.
