Background
Metz, Robert Roy was born on March 23, 1929 in Richmond Hill, New York, United States. Son of Robert Roy, Senior and Mary (Kissel) Metz.
publishing executive media consultant
Metz, Robert Roy was born on March 23, 1929 in Richmond Hill, New York, United States. Son of Robert Roy, Senior and Mary (Kissel) Metz.
Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown Connecticut, 1950.
Copyboy, New York Times, 1951; assistant foreign news desk, New York Times, 1952; rewriteman cable desk, I.N.S., 1953; overnight cable editor, I.N.S., 1954-1956; assistant feature editor, I.N.S., 1956-1958; assistant news editor, Newspaper Enterprise Association, 1958; news editor, Newspaper Enterprise Association, 1959-1963; managing editor, Newspaper Enterprise Association, 1963-1966; executive editor, Newspaper Enterprise Association, 1966-1968; vice president, Newspaper Enterprise Association, 1967-1971; editorial director, Newspaper Enterprise Association, 1968-1971; president, editor, director, Newspaper Enterprise Association, 1972-1994; director, Berkeley-Small Inc., 1974-1977; chairman, Berkley-Small Inc., 1976-1977; vice-president, director, United Feature Syndicate, 1976-1977; president, editor, United Feature Syndicate, 1978; president, editor, director, United Media, 1978-1993; chairman, United Media, 1993-1994; media consultant, since 1994.
President Peter Pan Children's Fund, 1997—2005. Member of Union League (New York City).
Married Susan Lee Blair, 1984. Children: Robert Sumner, Christopher Roy.