Background
Metre, Peter Van was born on December 28, 1926 in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States. Son of Horace and Maybeth Susan (Mack) Van Metre.
Metre, Peter Van was born on December 28, 1926 in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States. Son of Horace and Maybeth Susan (Mack) Van Metre.
Bachelor, Trinity College, 1950. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Trinity College, 1978. Juris Doctor, University Iowa, 1953.
Law clerk to presiding justice, United States District Court (northern district) Iowa, 1953-1954; partner, Harris, Van Metre & Buckmaster, Waterloo, Iowa., 1954-1959; judge, 1st Judicial District Iowa, Waterloo, since 1959; senior district judge, 1st Judicial District Iowa, Waterloo, 1981-1991. Visiting professor U. Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, 1965-1970.
Chairman American Cancer Society Black Hawk County, Waterloo, 1960, Black Hawk Legal Aid Society With United States Army, 1945-1946, Germany. Member Iowa Bar Association, Iowa Judges Association, Black Hawk County Bar Association.
Married Lucie Chapman, August 10, 1951 (divorced August 1972). Children: Joseph Mack, Peter Chapman. Married Jeanette Eunice Thede, June 29, 1974.