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Najeeb Halaby (Najeeb Elias Halaby Jr.) was born on 19 November, 1915 in Dallas, Texas, U.S., is an American businessman and government official. Discover Najeeb Halaby's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 87 years old?

Popular As Najeeb Elias Halaby Jr.
Occupation Aviator, government official, businessman
Age 87 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 19 November, 1915
Birthday 19 November
Birthplace Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Date of death 2 July, 2003
Died Place McLean, Virginia, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Children 3, including Queen Noor of Jordan

Najeeb Halaby Net Worth

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1878

His father was Najeeb Elias Halaby (March 17, 1878/1880 – December 16, 1928), a Syrian Christian who was born in Damascus and whose parents hailed from Aleppo, arriving in the United States in 1891.

1889

Halaby's father worked as an importer, and later as an oil broker; in the mid-1920s he opened Halaby Galleries, a rug boutique and interior-decorating shop, at Neiman Marcus in Dallas, and ran it with his American wife, Halaby's mother, the former Laura Wilkins (April 23, 1889 – April 1987).

His father died shortly afterward, and his estate was unable to continue the new enterprise.

Following the death of Halaby's father, Laura Halaby married Urban B. Koen, but they ultimately divorced.

Halaby's maternal grandfather was John Thomas Wilkins, who served in the 7th Tennessee Cavalry during the American Civil War.

Halaby was a graduate of The Leelanau School, a boarding school in Glen Arbor Township, Michigan, and is enshrined in that school's Hall of Fame.

1891

Halaby's paternal grandfather was Elias Halaby, a provincial treasurer or magistrate in Ottoman Syria, who also came to the United States in 1891.

1915

Najeeb Elias "Jeeb" Halaby Jr. (نجيب إلياس حلبي; November 19, 1915 – July 2, 2003) was an American businessman, government official, aviator, and the father of Queen Noor of Jordan.

1937

An alumnus of Stanford University (1937) and Yale Law School (1940), he served as a U.S. Navy test pilot during World War II.

1940

Next, he worked as an aide to Secretary of Defense James Forrestal in the late 1940s, then helped Paul Nitze write NSC 68.

1945

On May 1, 1945, Halaby made history by making the first transcontinental jet flight in U.S. history.

Halaby took off from Muroc Air Force Base in California, and landed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, 5 hours and 40 minutes later.

After the war he served as the U.S. State Department's civil aviation advisor to King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, helping the King develop Saudi Arabian Airlines.

He married Doris Carlquist in Washington, D.C., on December 24, 1945 until he divorced her in 1977.

1953

He joined Laurance Rockefeller's family office in 1953, reviewing investments in civil aviation.

1961

From 1961 to 1965, he served as the second Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) – the future Federal Aviation Administration, having been appointed by President John F. Kennedy.

1967

Halaby was a proponent for the creation of the United States Department of Transportation, which occurred in April 1967 during his time in the Lyndon B. Johnson administration.

During his tenure as FAA administrator, he also was the lead proponent of the Boeing 2707 Supersonic Jet.

President Johnson signed Executive Order 11149 approving $1 billion to build a US made SST, but eventually the project was cancelled in 1971 because of its cost.

1969

He is known for making the first transcontinental jet flight in American history and his service as chairman of Pan Am from 1969 to 1972.

Halaby was born in Dallas, Texas.

From 1969 to 1972, he served as CEO, and chairman after 1970, of Pan American World Airways.

1970

As Pan American World Airways chairman, he was present at the christening of the first Boeing 747 aircraft in 1970.

Halaby was married three times.

1978

They had three children: daughter Lisa, who became Queen of Jordan in 1978; son Christian; and daughter Alexa.

1980

He was married to the former Jane Allison Coates from 1980 until her death in 1996.

1997

From 1997 until his death in 2003 at age 87, he was married to Libby Anderson Cater.

1999

He attended the state funeral of his son-in-law King Hussein as a member of the United States delegation in February, 1999.