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Najeeb Halaby
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Najeeb Halaby (Arabic: نجيب إلياس حلبي; September 19, 1915 - July 2, 2003) was a U.S. businessman, government official, and the father of Queen Noor of Jordan.
Halaby was born in Dallas, Texas to Najeeb Elias Halaby, a Syrian-born immigrant of Lebanese descent, and Laura Wilkins Halaby, a native of Graham, Texas. He was a graduate of The Leelanau School, a boarding school in Glen Arbor, Michigan and is enshrined in that school's Hall of Fame. A 1937 alumnus of Stanford University and Yale Law School (1940), he served as a Navy test pilot in World War II.
From 1961 to 1965, he served as the second Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. From 1969 to 1972, he served as CEO, and chairman after 1970, of Pan Am. As Pan Am Chairman, he was present at the christening of the first Boeing 747 aircraft.
He was married three times, first to Doris Carlquist until they divorced in 1977. They had three children:
- Lisa (later Queen Noor of Jordan)
- Christian
- Alexa
He was married to the former Jane Allison Coates from 1980 until her death in 1996. From 1997 until his death at age 87 in McLean, Virginia, he was married to the former Libby Anderson Cater.
| Preceded by Elwood Quesada |
Federal Aviation Administrator 1961 – 1965 |
Succeeded by William F. McKee |
Categories: 1915 births | 2003 deaths | Administrators of the Federal Aviation Administration | American civil servants | Lebanese Americans | People from Dallas | People from McLean, Virginia | People from Washington, D.C. | Stanford University alumni | Syrian-Americans | Yale Law School graduates | Pan Am